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First  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  III. 


SESSION   LXXX. 


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i5°  licago,  111.,  May  25  to  June   I,  1 


909. 


PRICE,  THIRTY-FIVE  CENTS,  POSTPAID 

Address,  Mr.  J,  S.  TIBBY.  41  1    Penn  Building.   Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Foreign  Missionaries  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  in  1909. 

Rev.   Jas.    S.    Stewart    > 

Rev.  Andrew  J.  McFarland   \ 

Rev.    Samuel    Edgar .  / 

J.  M.  Balph,  M.  b (  . 

Miss  Mattie  R.  Wylie   )Latakxa,  Syria. 

Miss   Maggie   B.   Edgar    \ 

Miss  Zada  A.  Patton   1 

Miss  F.  Mav  Elsev   ' 


Rev.  C.  A.  Dodds  

Rev.  Robert  E.  Willson 

John   Peoples,    M.   D )Mersina,  Asia  Minor. 

Miss  Evanda  M.  Sterrett,  (on  furlough) 
Miss    Elma    French    


Rev.    Walter    AleCarroll   Larnaca,  Cyprus. 

Calvin    McCarroU,    M.    D \icosia,  Cyprus. 

Rev.  A.  I.  Robb   

Rev.   J.   K.   Robb    

Rev.   Julius   Kempf    

Rev.   William  M.   Robb 

Rev.  Ernest  C.  Mitchell    (  Tak  Hing  Chau,  West  River, 

J.    M.    Wright,    M.    D /  South  China. 

Miss  Kate  McBurney,  M.  D 

Miss  Jean  McBurney,  M.  D 

Miss  Ida  M.  Scott,  M.  D 

Miss  Jennie   Dean    

Home  Missionaries  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  in  1909. 

Rev.  W.   W.   Carithers,   Superintendent,    ...       ,,.     . 
Apache,    Okla    ^^''^^^^  Mission 

(Superintendency    vacant)    Selma,    Ala.  Southern  Mission. 

Mr.   William   .   Carson,    Superintendent,    ,      •,,,•• 
8oo  S.  Fifth  St.,   Philadelphia,   Pa...    ^'^'"'^  ^'-^-^^^^ 

Rev.   W.   C.   Allen,   Superintendent,  208    „,  .  „  ,,.    • 

E.  loth  St.,  Oakland,  California Chinese  Home  Mission. 


CONTENTS. 


Boards,    Reports   of — 

Church    Erection    126 

Control    121 

Directors  of  National  Reform  Association IIS 

Geneva  College,  Corporators Ill 

Geneva  College,  Trustees   112 

Missions,    Central    68 

Missions,  Foreign 58 

Missions,  Jewish    72 

Sustentation 126 

Synod's  Board  of  Trustees    77 

Theological   Seminary    110 

Committees,   Reports  of  Standing — 

Devotional  Exercises 8 

Evangelistic   Work    27 

Order   of   Business 7 

Psalmody 22 

Sabbath   46 

Secret  Societies    122 

Signs  of  the  Times   107 

State   of   Religion    49 

Systematic  Beneficence   51 

Temperance   24 

Testimony   Bearing    19 

Unfinished  Business    8,   53 

Young  People's  Societies    39 

Committees,    Reports    of    Regular — 

Discii)line  115 

Finance 74 

Foreign   Correspondence 14,  108 

Missions,   Foreign 57 

Missions,   Home    67 

National   Reform 30,  44,   45,  117 

Nominations 18,  125 

Place  of  Meeting   125 

Records  of  Presbyteries 57 

Supplies   55 

Sustentation   and   Church  Erection    125 

Theological  Seminary  and  Education    109 

Traveling    Fund 55 

Committees,  Reports  of  Special — 

Calvin    Memorial    11 

Catechism  and  Manual  of  Doctrine   53 

Cost   of   Synod    11,    20 

Joint  Revision  of  Psalms   8 

Meters  for  New  Edition  of  Psalter  9 

Music  for  New  Psalter 11 

Organization  of  Synod,   Memorial   Services    11 

Reply  to  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches    73 

Reply  to  Anti-Saloon  L,eague  124 

Reply  to  Inter-Church  Temperance  Council   124 

Reply  to  Liberal  Immigration  League   73 

Voting  on  Local  Option 9 


Presbyteries,  Reports  of — 

Colorado 3;{ 

Illinois ji;{ 

Iowa 34 

Kansas o^ 

New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia 35 

New  York 35 

Ohio 36 

Pittsburg  37 

Philadelphia 37 

Rochester   :^S 

Treasurers,   Reports  of — 

Financial   Agent  of  National   Reform    (>i 

Foreign  Missions   9;; 

Jewish   Missions    lOi 

Literary  Fund    92 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Woman's  Association   105 

Treasurer  of  Synod    79 

Committees,  Appointment  of — 

Presbyterial  Records    ] 7 

Regular    l:, 

Standing 128 

Special  Resolutions — 

Department  Civil  Government  in  Theological  Seminary 18,   109 

Interchange  of  Pulpits,  Reafflrming  Action  of  1877 38,   115,  116 

Ordination  of  J.   D.  Edgar    38,   116 

Revoking  Action  of  1908  on  Special  License   14 

Special  Appropriation  to  R.  J.  Dodds   18 

Thanks  of  Synod 12S 

Miscellaneous  Matters — 

Absentees (j 

Collections  Ordered  by  Synod  for  the  Year   75 

Collection  for  Janitor  and  Stenographer  44,  45 

Congregations  Not  Represented  6 

Complaint  and  Appeal  of  J.  F.  Crozier    27 

Constitution  of  Court    1 

Delegate  from  Reformed  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Scotland 8,  m 

Dissent,  Answers  to  Reasons    121 

Dissent,  Reasons  of  J.  C.  McFeeters  and  Others  120 

Election    of    Officers    6 

Invitations  for  Next  Meeting  of  Synod 15,  SI 

Invitation  from  University  of  Chicago 13 

Letters  of  Sympathy    127  ■ 

Memorial  on  Marriage  of  Christian  with  Unbeliever 16,  115 

Minutes  of  Syrian  Commission    65 

Mission   Conference,   Report  of    75 

Mission  Conference,  Time  of  Next  Meeting   128 

Moderator's  Alternate    26 

Precentors   of  Synod    13 

Printing  and  Sale  of  ]  908  Minutes 93 

Report  of  Delegate  to  Christian  Reformed  Church 12 

Roll  of  Synod    I 

State  of  Treasuries,  Special  Balance  Sheet    IOC 

Stated  Clerk,  Report  of 31 

Statistical   Tables    131 

Appendix — 

Report  of  Bef.   Pres.    Woman's  Association    129 


REV.  T.  H.  ACHESON,  D.  D.,  PITTSBURG,  PA. 

Moderator  of  Synod,    1909,  Chicago,   111. 


MINUTES 

OF  THE 

Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  of  North  America 


SESSION  LXXX. 


First   Reformed    Presbyterian   Church, 

Chicago,  111..  May  25th.   igoQ. 

The  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  met  pur- 
suant to  adjournment  in  the  First  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church. 
Chicago,  111.,  at  8  P.  M.,  and  after  devotional  exercises,  its  ses- 
sions were  opened  with  a  sermon  by  the  Moderator,  R.  C.  Mont- 
gomery, from  Psalm  118:25,  last  clause — "O  Lord,  I  beseech 
Thee,  send  now  prosperity." 

After  the  sermon,  the  Moderator  constituted  the  Court  with 
prayer. 

The  Synod  then  adjourned,  to  meet  to-morrow  morning  at  9 
o'clock.     Prayer  by  H.  H.  George. 


MORNING  SESSION. 

Same  place,  ^^'ednesda}•,  May  26th,  9  A.  M.  Synod  met  at 
the  appointed  hour,  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  the  Mod- 
erator. In  the  absence  of  the  Assistant  Clerk,  C.  McLeod  Smith 
v/as  chosen  Assistant  Clerk  pro  tem. 

The  roll  was  called,  and  being  completed,  is  as  follows. 


MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


ROLL. 

COLORADO. 

Congregations.  Ministers.  Elders. 

Denver    I.  C.  French 

Evans    I.  A.  Blackwood 

Greely J.  M.  Wylie 

Los  Angeles    P.  J.  McDonald 

Santa  Ana Geo.  N.  Greer A.  G.  Walkinshaw 

Seattle    *T.   M.   Slater 

ILLINOIS. 

Bethel     S.  J.  Johnston    A.  W.  Hunter 

Bloomingtor.   George  R.  Steele 

Church  Hill R.  P.  Anderson 

Oakdale    M.  A.  Gault J.  C.  Thompson 

Old  Bethel Robert  McCllntock 

Princeton     D.  C.  Mathews .  . .  J.  D.  Latham 

St.   Louis    M.  M.  Pearce   R.  K.  Barkley 

Selma    *S.  F.  Kingston 

G.  W.  Benn 

E.   A.   Crooks 

D.  S.  Faris    

J.  G.  Reed   

IOWA. 

Chicago    Robert  Clarke J.  C.  McCandless 

Hopkinton   *S.  Turner  Foster A.  P.  Donahu 

Morning   Sun C.  D.  Trumbull J.   W.  Cavan 

Rehoboth    G.  A.  Edgar   W.  W.  Twinam 

Vernon    *E.  I.  Dewey 

Washington    David  Love 

J.  A.  Black   

J.  R.  W.  Stevenson 

KANSAS. 

Beulah    J.  T.  Mitchell   John  M.  Allen 

Billings J.  R.  Cady 

Cache  Creek W.  W.  Carithers,  S.  S..  .Henry  Wallace 

Clarinda Phos  J.  Edgar 

Derison  D.  H.  Elliott George  C.  Robb 

Kansas  City   *W.  R.  Marvin 

'^ong  Branch J.   M.  Johnston    John  Martin 

Olathe  E.  L.  McKnight *T.  G.  Graham 

Quinter ; .  .J.  G.  McElhinney Tohn  Copeland 

Sterling    *J.  Boggs  Dodds J.  M.  Adams 

Superior W.  T.  K.  Thompson J.  B.  Grey 

Tabor    S.  E.  Greer 

Topeka    A.  A.  Samson 

Winchester   David  S.  Faris 

*Isa  iah  Faris    

G.  R.  McBurney 

Tames  McCune 

J.  Ralston  Wylie 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAX  CHURCH 


NEW   BRUNSWICK   AND    NOVA    SCOTIA. 

Congregations.                          Ministers.  Elders. 

Cornwallis   Thomas  McFall 

NEW    YORK. 

Barnet D.  C.  Paris   

Boston,   First    ^.  McNaugher 

Boston,  Second   J.  M.  Foster   

Bovina    W.  G.  Robb  *T.  D.  Russell 

Brooklyn    J.  C.  Slater   Wm.  T.  Park 

Coldenham" Thomas  Patton   

Newburg'.  First *J.  W.  F.  Carlisle *  James  Greer 

New  York,  Second R.  M.  Sommerville 

New  York,  Fourth Robert  McAfee 

Mont  Clair J.  W.  Pritchard 

Walton    E.   F.  Thomson 

West  Hebron   S.  G.  Shaw   

S.  R.  Wallace 


OHIO. 

Belle  Center   James  A.  Templeton 

Cedar  Lake C.  McLeod  Smith *Theodore  McNaughton 

^edarville W.  J.  Sanderson D.  S.  Ervin 

Cincinnati    D.  O.  Jack 

Fairgrove W.  .J.  McBurney   

Jonathan's  Creek **W.  R.  Piper 

New  Concord **John  Coleman    Thomas  M.  Stewart" 

5outhfield H.  G.  Patterson J.  M.  Henning 

United  Miami R.  Hargrave   W.  B.  Keys 

Utica R.  A.  Adams 

R.  A.  Blair 

*Louis  Meyer 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Philadelphia,  First T.  P.  Stevenson *  James  R.  McMullan 

Philadelphia,  Second.  .  .  .  J.  C.  McFeeters S.  A.  S.  Metheny 

Philadelphia,   Third R.  C.  Montgomery Thomas  Boggs 

PITTSBURG. 

Allegheny W.  .T.  Coleman   T.  H.  Martin 

Bear  Run  and  Mahon'g.*E.  M.  Elsey  

Beaver  Falls,  First J.  S.  Thompson *J.  E.  Dodds 

Central   Allegheny J.  W.  Sproull   

College  Hill R.  H.  Martin J.  W.  Wilson 

Geneva    H.  G.  Foster W.  T.  Anderson 

East  End   D.  C.  Martin 

Little  Beaver J.    Ren  wick   Wylie 

Mercer    T.  M.  Coleman 

Miller's  Run   S.   G.   Conner    R.  J.  Wallace 

New   Alexandria S.    M.    Steel 

New  Castle   William  McClelland 


MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


PITTSBURG— Continued. 

Congregations.  Ministers.  Elders. 

Oil  Creek  S.   J.    Crowe    .  . . ; 

Pine  Creek    A.  Kilpatrick 

Parnassus    F.  M.  Wilson    M.  G.  Euwer 

Pittsburg     T.  H.  Acheson   Alex.  McBride 

Rehoboth     ''E.  M.  Elsey 

Slippery     Rock W.  O.  Ferguson John  McGee 

Union    A.  Kilpatrick    J.  A.  Forsythe 

Wilkin.sburg    R.   J.   Ward 

Youngstown    A.   A.   Wylie 

R.   C.   Allen    

*J.  F.  Crozier   

*R.   J.   Dodds 

H.  H.  George   

*W.  Henry  George 

W.  P.  Johnston 

J.   S.  Martin 

A.  J.  McFarland,  Sr.  . . . 

R.  J.  G.  McKnight 

W.  J.   McKnight 

B.  M.    Sharp 

*T.   C.   Sproull 

R.   C.   Wylie 

ROCHESTER. 

Almonte     G.   M.    Robb    J.  W.  Rose 

Lochiel    J.  R.  Latimer 

Syracuse    John  Yates   *Charles  Dougall 

York    J.  B.  Gilmore   J.  W.  M.  Hart 

W.  J.   McCullough 

Ministers  absent:  T.  J.  Allen,  W.  C.  Allen,  J.  M.  Armour,  P.  P. 
Boyd,  D.  H.  Coulter,  J.  W.  Dill,  C.  A.  Dodds,  Samuel  Edgar,  E.  G. 
Elsey,  J.  C.  K.  Faris,  J.  M.  Faris,  E.  J.  Feuersohn,  F.  M.  Foster,  W.  S. 
Fu'ton,  R.  J.  Gault,  R.  J.  George,,  W.  McLeod  George,  Julius  Kemph, 
George  Kennedy,  J.  M.  Littlejohn,  Walter  McCarroll,  J  .L.  McCartney, 
T.  A.  McElwain,  A.  J.  McFarland,  Jr.,  William  McFarland,  R.  J.  Mc- 
Isaac,  H.  B.  McMillan,  E.  C.  Mitchell,  W.  C.  Paden,  J.  L.  Pinkerton, 
John  H.  Pritchard,  R.  C.  Reed.  A.  I.  Robb,  J.  K.  Robb,  W.  M.  Robb,  T. 
A.  Rusk,  J.  S.  Stewart,  J.  R.  Thompson,  D.  B.  Wilson,  J.  T.  Wilson,  *R. 
F.  Wilson.— 41. 

Congregations  not  represented: — Adamsville  and  Middletown,  Barns- 
ville,  Bellefountain,  Brookland  and  Manchester,  Cambridge,  Clarksburg, 
Craftsburry,  Eskridge,  Hebron,  Hickery  Grove,  Homewood,  La  Junta, 
Lake  Reno,  Lisbon,  McKeesport  and  Monongahela,  Third  New  York, 
North    Union,   Oakland,   Staunton,   St.   John,   Wahoo,   White  Lake. — 22. 


*Not  present  at  first  roll  call. 
**Ordained  since  last  meeting  of  Synod. 

T.  H.  Acheson    was  elected    Moderator,    J.   S.    Thompson 
Clerk,   and  C.  McLeod  Smith  Assistant  Clerk. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 


The  Committee  on  Order  of  Business  reported.  The  report 
was  amended  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows: 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

Tuesday,  May  25,  8:00  P.  M. — Sermon  by  retiring  Moderator  and 
Con.stitution   of  the   Court. 

Wednesday,  May  26,  9:00  A.  M. — Election  of  officers;  Report  of  Com- 
mittee on  Order  of  Business;  Report  of  Committee  on  Devotional  Ex- 
ercises; Reports  of  Boards;  Church  Erection,  Sustentation  of  Executive 
Committee  of  National  Reform  Association  and  of  Synod's  Financial 
Agent  for  National  Reform. 

2:00  P.  M. — Reports  of  Boards  of  Foreign  Missions,  of  Central 
Board,  of  Board  of  Jewish  Mission,  of  Superintendents  of  Theological 
S'^minary,   of   Control. 

8:00   P.  M. — Conference  on  National  Reform. 

Thursday,  May  27,  9:00  A.  M. — Reports  of  Committees  on  Psalmody, 
Testimony  Bearing,  Temperance,  Evangelistic  Work,  and  Report  of 
Stated  Clerk. 

2:00  P.  M. — Reports  of  Presbyteries  of  Committees  on  Sabbath 
Schools,  Young  People's  Societies,  Systematic  Beneficence,  and  the 
Sabbatli. 

8:00  P.  M. — Conference  on  Four-hundredth  Anniversary  of  the 
Birth  of  John  Calvin,  and  the  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church. 

F'riday,  May  28,  9:00  A.  M. — Report  of  Synod's  Board  of  Trustees; 
of  the  Committee  on  National  Reform,   and  of  the   Mission  Conference. 

2:00  P.  M. — Report  of  the  board  of  Corporators  of  Geneva  College, 
and  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Geneva  College;  report  of  the  com- 
mittee on  State  of  Religion. 

8:00   P.  M. — Conference  on  Foreign  Missions. 

Saturday,  May  29,  9:00  A.  M. — Reports  of  Committees  on  Signs  of 
the  Times,  Secret  Societies,  Records  of  Presbyteries  and  Discipline. 

Monday,  May  31,  9:00  A.  M. — Reports  of  Committees  on  Traveling 
Fund,  on  Foreign  Missions,  Home  Missions,  Theological  Seminary  and 
Education. 

2:00  P.  M. — Reports  of  Committees  on  Church  Erection,  Finance, 
Supplies,  Foreign  Correspondence. 

ROBERT     CLARKE, 
J.   A.   BLACK, 
E.    L.    DODDS, 

Committee. 

The  Committee  on  Devotional  Exercises  reported.     The  re- 
port was  received  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 


MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


The  Committee  on  Devotional  Exercises  presents  the  following  rec- 
ommendations : 

1.  That  the  last  half  hour  of  each  forenoon  be  set  apart  for  de- 
votional services. 

2.  That  the  following  be  the  list  of  topics  for  meditation  and 
prayer: 

Wednesday,  The  presence  and  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit  during 
this  Session   of  Synod.        Leader,   F.   M.   Wilson. 

Thursday,  The  peace  and  prosperity  of  the  Church.  Leader,  J. 
A.   Black. 

Friday,   Our  Home   Mission   Work.       Leader,    Robert   McAfee. 

Saturdaj',  The  work  of  National  Reformation.      Leader,  D.  H.  Elliott. 

Monday,  The  Gospel  in  foreign  Lands.       Leader,  S.  A.  S.  Metheney. 

Tuesday,  The  practical  results  of  this  Session  of  Synod.  Leader, 
T.   G.   Graham. 

3.  That  the  greater  portion  of  the  time  allotted  to  this  service  be 
spent  in   prayer. 

Respectfully  Submitted, 

R.    C.    WYLIE, 
A    A.   SAMSON, 
E.  A.  CROOKS. 

It  was  ordered  that  250  copies  of  these  two  reports  be  printed 
for  the  use  of  the  members  of  Synod. 

The  certificate  of  Pev.  Henry  Paton,  ]\1.  A.,  fraternal  dele- 
gate from  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland,  was 
read.  The  delegate  was  received  and  invited  to  sit  as  a  consulta- 
tive member,  and  the  hearing  of  the  delegate  was  made  the  first 
c"der  of  the  day  for  this  afternoon. 

The  Committee  on  I'nfinished  Business  reported.  The  re- 
];ort  was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  consideration. 

Item  I.  The  Committee  on  Joint  Revision  of  the  Psalms 
reported.    The  report  was  received,  adopted  and  is  as  follows : 

The  Committee  on  the  Uniform  Version  of  the  Psalms  respectfully 
report  that  the  Joint  Committee  failed  to  meet  this  last  year,  as  was 
expected,  but  that  a  final  meeting  seems  to  be  assured  for  next  Septem- 
ber or  October,  when  the  work  done  by  the  United  Presbyterian  Com- 
mittee, and  those  associated  with  it,  will  be  taken  up  for  review. 

We  recommend  that  the  Synod  continue  to  co-operate  in  this  re- 
vision. 

W.   J.   COLEMAN. 
T.  P.  STEVENSON. 

Accompanying  this  report  was  the  report  of  the  Joint  Com- 
ir.ittee  of  .\merican  and  Canadian  Churches,  which  is  as  follows : 

To  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church:  — 

The  Joint  Committee  of  American  and  Canadian  churches  on  a  uniform 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 


Version  of  the  Psalms  in  Meter  beg  leave  to  report,  that  while  they 
hoped  this  year  to  announce  their  work  completed,  it  will  require  fur- 
ther time  to  dispose  of  it  satisfactorily.  The  work,  however,  has  reached 
a  point  which  will  enable  the  Committee  to  prepare  their  final  report  by 
October  at  the  latest.  In  the  meantime  they  ask  once  more  the  con- 
tinuance of  representatives  from  your  church. 

WM.  J.  DEY,  Chairman, 

Simcoe,   Ontario. 

J.  D.  STEELE,  Secretary, 

Passaic,   N.  J. 

Item  2.     Laid  on  the  table  for  the  present. 

Item  3.  The  Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance  reported 
on  the  matter  referred  to  them  by  the  last  Synod.  The  report 
was  received,  adopted  and  is  as  follows : 

To  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church:  .To  meet  in 
Chicago,  May  1909. 

Your  Committee  directed  to  report  on  voting  when  the  question  of 
license  or  kindred  questions  are  submitted  (See  Page  24,  Minutes  of 
1908)   would  respectfully  report: 

That  the  two  propositions  which  the  church  has  maintained  for 
years  be  reaffirmed,  viz. :  That  where  no  immoral  obligation  is  required 
in  taking  office,  or  where  no  immoral  duty  is  required  when  in  office, 
it  is  the  duty  of  Covenanters  to  participate  in  all  political  action. 

These  principles  of  course  apply  to  members  of  the  church  in  all 
relations  to  the  Government;  and  in  the  case  of  voting  on  questions  sub- 
mitted at  the  polls,  neither  the  nature  of  the  question  submitted,  nor 
the  fact  that  we  are  intensely  interested,  can  change  these  underlying 
truths. 

That  the  question  should  be  an  important  one  and  the  result  of 
deepest  interest  does  not  justify  in  passing  by  these  first  principles,  or 
in  failing  to  give  them  first  place,  when  we  are  considering  the  path 
of  duty. 

No  difference  then  what  the  question  may  be,  nor  in  what  way  it 
may  be  presented,  if  the  recording  of  our  sentiment,  for  or  against  the 
proposition,  involves  us  in  declaration,  either  openly,  or  by  a  fair  im- 
plication, of  allegiance  to  a  Constitution  that  is  dishonoring  to  our 
Lord,  we  cannot  take  part  in  such  action. 

This  Court  cannot  undertake  to  specify  in  every  case  what  action 
is  right  and  proper,  but  would  commend  to  pastors,  sessions  and  in- 
dividual members  the  duty  of  keeping  their  love  to  their  Lord  so  warm, 
that  an  insult  to  Him  will  not  be  easily  passed  over,  and  there  will  be 
no   inclination   to  participate   in   any  slight  put  upon   Him. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  W.   CARITHERS, 
J.    S.   McGAW, 
M.    M.    PEARCE, 
T.  G.  GRAHAM, 
A.   M.   MITCHELL. 

Item  4.  Attended  to. 
Item  5.  Attended  to. 
Item  6.     The  Committee  on  Selection  of  Additional  Meters 


10  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

of  Psalms  for  a  new  edition  of  the  Psalter  reported.     The  rep<:)rt 

was  received,  adopted  and  is  as  follows : 

Your  Committee  on  selecting  Psalms  for  a  new  edition  of  the  Psalter 
respectfully  report  that  we  have  accomplished  only  a  part  of  the  work 
submitted  to  us  by  the  action  of  the  last  Synod. 

1.  We  have  chosen  the  versions  which  we  recommend  should  be 
retained  where  the  old  Scottish  version  of  the  Psalms  has  two  meters, 
and  submit  the  following  list:  The  6th  L.  M.;  2.5th  S.  M.;  45th  C.  M.; 
50th  S.  M.;  67th  S.  M.;  70th  S  M.;  100th  L.  M.;  102nd  L.  M.;  124th 
C.  M.;    136th  8s.  7s;    143rd  6s:    145th  L.  M.;    148th  H.  M. 

2.  We  have  chosen  mostly  from  the  versions  adopted  by  the  Joint 
Committee  and  published  in  1905,  the  fifty  versions  other  than  com- 
mon meter,  together  with  the  ten  parts  from  the  119th  Psalm,  which 
we  were  to  select,  and  we  submit  the  following  list  for  your  approval, 
with  the  provision  that  .some  changes  in  this  list  may  be  submitted 
to  next  Synod  if  the  Committee  find  that  alterations  made  before  that 
time  render  these  more  acceptable:  1st  L.  M.,  6  lines;  2nd  7s;  9th  lis; 
13th  7s,  6s;  18th  L.  M.;  19th  H.  M.;  21st  12s,  9s;  22nd  L.  M.;  24th  lis; 
29th  12s,  lis;  30th  7s,  6s;  33rd  C.  P.  M.;  38th  8s,  7s;  44th  lis.  (U.  P.); 
45th  S.  M.;  49th  7s;  51st  7s  (R.  P.);  57th  L.  M.;  61st  C.  P.  M.;  65th  7s, 
6s;  67th  7s,  6s;  68th  L.  M.;  73d  L.  M.  74th  Elegiac;  77th  L.  M.,  6  lines;  79 
Elegiac;  80th  10s;  85th  L.  M.;  91st  L.  M.;  92nd  L.  M.  6  lines;  93rd  S. 
M.;  97th  L.  M.;  98th  8s,  7s;  101st  7s,  6s;  103rd  8s,  7s;  104th  10s,  lis; 
108th  S.  M.;  111th  L.  M.;  112th  L.  M.;  113  7s;  119th  I.  L.  M.;  II  L.  M.; 
VII  8s,  7s;  IX  lis,  10s;  XIV  L  M;  XVI  8s,  7s;  XVII  L.  M.;  XIX  lis,  8s; 
XXII  L.  M.;  124th  10s;  128th  8s,  7s;  130  10s,  4s;  132nd  9,  8,  9,  8;  137th 
Elegiac— 144;  139th  I..  M.;  146th  8s,  7s;  147th  7s,  6s;  149th  10s,  lis. 
Some  of  these  versions  need  to  be  amended  by  the  substitution  of 
verses  from  other  renditions.  The  work  of  amending  the  common 
meter  of  the  old  Scottish  version,  where  it  is  defective,  by  inserting 
corresponding  verses,  has  not  been  entered  upon,  and  is  a  work  re- 
quiring much  time  and  care. 

It  is  is  now  probable  that  the  Joint  committee  on  a  uniform  ver- 
sion of  the  Psalms  in  meter  will  have  a  final  meeting  sometime  during 
the  coming  year  and  the  way  should  be  left  open  to  take  advantage  of 
any  results  that  it  may  reach. 

3.  We  recommend  that  a  Committee  locally  situated  so  that  it 
can  conveniently  get  together,  be  appointed  to  carry  on  and  complete 
the  work,  that  it  may  be  ready  for  a  final  action  at  the  next  Synod. 

4.  We  recommend  also  that  the  power  of  the  Committee  be  some- 
what enlarged  in  the  amending  of  the  common  meter  of  the  old  version, 
that  it  may  not  only  substitute  verses  of  the  same  meter  from  other 
versions  where  desirable,  but  in  a  few  instances  substitute  a  whole 
Psalm  in  the  common  meter  where  some  specially  good  version  is  found, 
and  on  the  other  hand  nriake  verbal  changes  where  a  defect  may  be 
made  good  by  alteration  of  a  few  words. 

W.   J.    COLEMAN, 
C.    D.    TRUMBULL, 
T.    H.   ACHESON, 

w.  J.  Mcknight, 

J.   A.   BLACK. 

It  was  resolved  to  continue  the  work,  and  the  naming-  of  the 
committee  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Nominations. 


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Item  7.  The  coniniittee  to  select  suitable  music  for  the  pro- 
josed  new  edition  of  the  Psalter  reported.  The  report  was  re- 
ceived and  approved,  and  is  as  follows : 

The  Committee  appointed  to  make  choice  of  appropriate  music  for 
the  Psalter  respectfully  report,  that  we  have  completed  our  work  in  so 
far  as  it  relates  to  the  old  version  of  the  Psalms. 

The  task  of  choosing-  tunes  for  the  selections  made  from  the  new 
version  has  not  yet  been  begun. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
R.  C.  WYLIE, 
W.    J.    COLEMAN, 
ROBT.  A.   M.   STEEL, 
S.    A.    S.    METHENY. 
E.  L.  DODDS. 

Item  8.    Attended  to. 

Item  g.     Attended  to. 

Item  10.  The  resic^nation  of  William  Browne  as  a  member 
of  the, Foreign  Mission  Board  was  accepted. 

Item  II.  The  committee  to  arrange  for  a  conference  com- 
r'emorative  of  the  four  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
John  Calvin,  and  also  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
organization  of  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church 
in  North  America  recommend  the  following : 

1.  That  the  Conference  be  held  on  Thursday  evening  of  the  open- 
ing week  of  Synod,    May   27th,   1909,   beginning  at   7:45  o'clock. 

2.  That  the  following  program  of  exercises  be  carried  out.  To 
preside,  and  conduct  devotional  exercises,  the  Rev.  T.  M.  Slater. 

CALVIN    MEMORIAL. 

Address:  "Calvin  and  the  Doctrine  and  Worship  of  the  Church." 
The   Rev.   A.   Kilpatrick,   D.   D. 

Address:    "Calvin  and  Civil  Liberty,"  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Coleman,  D.  D. 

SYNOD   MEMORIAL. 

Address:  "The  Organization  of  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  North  America,"  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Stevenson,  D.  D. 

Address:  "A  Forecast  of  the  Work  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church,"  the  Rev.  J.  C.  McFeeters,  D.  D. 

a.  That  the  period  of  twenty  minutes  be  the  time  allotted  for 
each  address. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.   J.   GEORGE, 

J.    A.    BLACK, 

J.  C.  McCANDLESS, 

Item    12.     The   Special   Committee   on   Expenses   of   Synod 


12  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

presented  a  majority  and  a  minority  report.  These  were  laid  on 
the  table  for  the  present. 

Item  13.     Attended  to. 

Item  14.    Attended  to. 

Item  15.     Attended  to. 

Item  16.     Attended  to. 

Item  17.  The  Clerk  made  the  following  report  in  regard 
to  printing  the  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1908,  which  was  re- 
ceived and  adopted : 

Following  your  instructions,  1,000  copies  of  the  Minutes  of  1908 
were  printed  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  J.  S.  Tibby,  for 
sale.  The  financial  item  in  connection  with  this  will  appear  in  his 
report.  The  following  corrections  should  be  made  to  the  published 
Minutes. 

Page  6 — To  list  of  absent  ministers  add  the  name  of  W.  McLeod 
George. 

Page  13,  line   20 — For  "by  the  removal  of"   read   "by  the  death  of." 

Page  13,  line  4.  under  "Summary"  of  report  of  Stated  Clerk — 
"9,404  communicants,  an  increase  of  625"  should  read  "9,504  communi- 
cants, an  increase  of  725." 

Page  15— For  "August  7,  1907,"  read  "August  12,  1907"  as  date  of 
installation   of  J.   M.    Wylie   as   pastor  of  Greely   Congregation. 

Page  68 — Among  those  voting  nay  "W.  J.  McConahy"  should  read 
"A.  L.  McConahy." 

Page  75 — From  item  four  of  report  of  Committee  to  confer  in  re- 
gard to  the  work  of  the  newly  elected  professor  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  omit  the  words  "Carrying  out  the  suggestion  of  Prof.  Wilson." 

Page  117 — In  Balance  Sheet  showing  condition  of  different  funds 
the  overdraft  in  National  Reform  should  read  $7.66  instead  of  .$1185.76. 

Page  124,  8th  line  from  bottom  of  page — For  "its  terms  of  Ec- 
clesiastical Communion"  read  "Its  third  term  of  Ecclesiastical  Com- 
munion." 

Page  137 — Total  of  communicants  for  Pittsburg  Presbytery  should 
be  2127  instead  of  2027. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.    S.   THOMPSON,    Clerk. 

Item  18.     Not  attended  to.     Will  be  during  present  year. 

Item  19.     Attended  to. 

Item  20.     Attended  to. 

Item  21.     Attended  to. 

Item  22.  R.  J.  G.  McKnight  reported  that  he  had  attended, 
as  fraternal  delegate  from  this  Synod,  the  Synod  of  the  Christian 
Reformed  Church,  where  he  was  most  cordially  received,  and  had 
the  privilege  of  briefly  addressing  the  Synod  on  the  distinctive 
principles  of  our  Church. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  13 

The  item  on  finance  in  connection  with  his  report  was  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Item  23.     Attended  to. 

Item  24.     Attended  to. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  was  laid 
on  the  table  for  the  present. 

The  courtesies  of  the  floor  were  extended  to  the  Rev.  D.  L. 
McNary,  pastor  of  the  Sixth  U.  P.  Church,  Chicago. 

Messrs.  E.  L.  Dodds,  R.  A.  M.  Steele,  and  S.  A.  S.  Metheny 
were  chosen  precentors  for  the  Synod. 

Presbyteries  were  granted  permission  to  hold  meetings  dur- 
ing the  sessions  of  the  Synod. 

The  invitation  of  the  faculty  of  the  Divinity  School  of  the 
University  of  Chicago  to  the  Synod  to  be  their  guests  for 
luncheon  on  Friday  was  accepted,  and  the  hours  from  12  M.  to 
i;.30  P.  M.  were  set  apart  for  this  purpose.  The  pastor  of  the 
congregation  was  authorized  to  convey  to  the  faculty  Synod's 
acceptance  of  the  invitation  and  our  appreciation  of  the  courtesy. 

F.  M.  Wilson  led  the  Synod  in  the  daily  devotions. 

J.  C.  McCandless  was  granted  optional  attendance  during 
the  sessions  of  the  Synod. 

Svnod  took  recess  until  2  P.  M.     Praver  bv  C.  D.  Trumbull. 


AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Wednesday,  May  26th,  2  P.  M.  Synod  recon- 
vened at  the  appointed  hour,  and  was  opened  with  prayer  by 
Thomas  Patton.  The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not 
answer  to  their  names :  E.  A.  Crooks,  Wm.  T.  Park,  S.  R.  Wal- 
lace, T.  P.  Stevenson. 

The  minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read,  corrected 
and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Paton,  fraternal  delegate  from  the  Re- 
formed Presbyterian  Synod  of  Scotland,  was  introduced  by  the 
Moderator  and  addressed  the  Synod,  conveying  the  greetings  of 
the  Synod  which  he  represented.  The  Moderator  responded  to 
the  address,  expressing  our  pleasure  at  hearing  our  brother  from 
across  the  sea. 


14  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

Papers  were  called  for. 

No.    I.      Memorial    from    the    Rochester    Presbytery.     The 

memorial  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Discipline. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  that  the  action  of  last  year  authorizing  the  licensure  of 
students  of  theology  at  the  end  of  the  first  year  of  the  Seminary  course 
be  rescinded,  and  that  students  be  licensed  as  before,  at  the  end  of 
the  second  term;  provided  that  the  action  shall  not  affect  the  standing 
of  any  who  have  been  licensed  under  that  arrangement. 

Paper  No.  2.  Communication  from  the  Anti-Saloon  League. 
The  paper  was  referred  to  the  Permanent  Committee  on  Tem- 
perance, to  formulate  a  reply  and  submit  the  same  to  Synod 
during  this  meeting. 

Paper  No.  3.  A  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Western  Section  of  the  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches  holding 
the  Presbyterian  System,  accompanied  with  the  annual  report  of 
the  Alliance.    The  paper  was  referred  to  a  Special  Committee. 

Paper  No.  4.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
National  Reform  Association.  The  report  was  received  and 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  National  Reform,  except  so  much 
as  relates  to  finance,  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance. 

Paper  No.  5.  A  communication  requesting  the  appointment 
of  delegates  to  attend  the  Council  of  the  Alliance  of  Reformed 
Churches.  The  paper  was  received  and  referred  to  the  Special 
Committee  on  the  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches. 

Paper  No.  6.  Certificate  of  the  appointment  of  T.  P.  Stev- 
enson to  represent  the  W^estern  Section  of  the  Alliance  of  Re- 
formed Churches  on  the  floor  of  this  Synod.  The  paper  was 
received  and  referred  to  the  same  committee. 

Paper  No.  7.  A  communication  from  the  National  Liberal 
Immigration  League.  The  paper  was  received  and  referred  to  a 
Special  Committee. 

Paper  No.  8.  A  communication  from  the  National  Inter- 
church  Temperance  Council.  The  paper  was  referred  to  the 
Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance. 

Paper   No.   9.      A   letter    from    the    Reformed    Presbvterian 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  15 

Synod  of  Scotland.  The  letter  was  read  and  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence,  to  prepare  a  reply. 

Paper  No.  lo.  An  invitation  to  hold  the  Synod  of  1910  at 
Atlantic  City.  The  paper  was  received  and  laid  on  the  table 
for  the  present. 

The  Moderator  announced  the  following  committees : 

COMMITTEES. 

Nominations — J.  R.  Wylie,  A.  A.  Samson,  S.  G.  Conner,  E.  F.  Thom- 
son,  Thomas   Boggs. 

Finance — S.  McNaugher,  J.  S.  McGaw,  G.  M.  Robb,  J.  E.  Dodds, 
David    S.    Faris. 

Traveling  Fund — P.  J.  McDonald  and  Financial  Agents  of  the 
Presbyteries. 

Theological  Seminary  and  Education — A.  J.  McFarland,  J.  B.  Gil- 
more,   B.   M.   Sharp,   Alexander  McBride,   Wm..  T.   Park. 

Home  Missions — W.  J.  Coleman,  J.  C.  McFeeters,  George  R.  Steel, 
A.  P.  Donahu,  Thomas  J.  Edgar. 

Foreign  Missions — R.  C.  Montgomery,  S.  Turner  Foster,  E.  A.  Crooks, 
R.  K.  Barkley,  Thomas  H.  Martin. 

Discipline — R.  Hargrave,  J.  C.  Slater,  D.  S.  Faris.  T.  G.  Graham,  J. 
W.  Cavan. 

National  Reform — C  D.  Trumbull.  M.  M.  Pearce,  D.  H.  Elliott,  Da- 
vid  Love,    M.    G.   Euwer. 

Supplies — J.  S.  Martin,  J.  M.  Wylie,  A.  A.  Wylie,  John  Magee,  R. 
A.    Adams. 

Sustentation  and  Church  Erection — J.  M.  Coleman,  R.  J.  Gault,  J. 
G.    McElhinney,    R.    J.    Ward,   J.    C.   Thompson. 

Foreign  Correspondence — W.  W.  Carithers,  J.  A.  Black,  Charles 
Dougall. 

Place  of  Next  Meeting — R.  C.  Montgomery,  J.  S.  Thompson,  C.  D. 
Trumbull,   S   A.   S.   Metheny,   J.   W.   Cavan. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  was 
taken  from  the  table. 

Item  23  was  taken  up.  The  committee  to  meet  with  repre- 
sentatives from  other  churches  to  consider  the  formation  of  a 
national  Rest  Day  Association  gave  the  following  report : 

Your  Committee  would  respectfully  report,  that  representatives 
from  a  number  of  Churches  met  last  December  in  the  Second  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Pittsburg  for  the  purpose  of  forming  such  an  As- 
sociation. 

Only  one  of  the  members  of  your  committee,  Dr.  Wylie,  was  able 
to  be  present  at  any  of  the  sessions. 

It  was  decided  to  form  a  National  Rest  Day  Association. 

It  was  decided  to  ask  the  American  Sabbath  Union  to  make  a  few 
changes    in    its    constitution    and    to    become    the    practical    organiza- 


16  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

tion  needed.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Ameri- 
can Sabbath  Union.  That  Association  agreed  to  change  its  name  to 
The  National  Lord's  Day  Alliance.  A  few  changes  were  made  in  its 
constitution  to  make  it  more  workable. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

J.  W.  SPROULL, 
R.   C.   WYLIE, 

Of  the   Committee. 

Item  12  of  unfinished  business  was  taken  up.  The  niaj<-)rity 
report  was  taken  from  the  table,  to  be  considered  item  by  item 
for  adoption. 

Pending  the  consideration  of  the  first  item  the  majority 
report  was  laid  on  the  table  to  take  up  the  minority  report. 

The  minority  report  was  taken  up  for  consideration  as  a 
whole.  Pending-  the  consideration  of  this  report  the  hour  for 
adjournment  arrived.  Synod  adjourned  to  meet  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  9  o'clock.     Prayer  was  offered  by  D.  S.  Faris. 


MORNING  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Thursday,  May  27,  9  A.  M.  Synod  met  at  the 
appointed  hour  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  the  Moder- 
ator. 

The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer  to  their 
names :  S.  G.  Conner,  Charles  Dougall,  J-  S.  McGaw,  A.  W.  Hun- 
ter, John  Magee. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  session  were  read  and  approved. 

Papers  were  called  for. 

Paper  No.  11.  Report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Jewish  Mis- 
sion. The  report  was  referred,  without  reading,  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance. 

Paper  No.  12.  Report  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Woman's  Association.  The  report  was  read  and  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Finance. 

Paper  No.  13.  Memorial  from  T.  H.  Acheson  and  others. 
The  memorial  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Dis- 
cipline. 

Paper  No.  14.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 
The  report  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Sustenta- 
tion  and  Church  Erection  and  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  17 

Paper  No.  15.  Report  of  the  Financial  Agent  for  National 
Reform.  The  report  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance. 

Paper  No.  16.  Report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Literary  Fund 
on  Printing  of  Minutes  of  Synod  of  1908.  The  report  was  read 
and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Paper  No.  17.  Report  of  Treasurer  of  Literary  Fund.  The 
report  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Paper  No.  18.  Report  of  Synod's  Board  of  Trustees.  The 
report  was  read  and,  together  with  the  report  of  the  Treasurer 
of  Synod's  Board  of  Trustees,  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance. 

The  Moderator  announced  the  following  Committees  on 
Records  of  Presbyteries : 

COMMITTEES  ON  PRESBYTERIAL  RECORDS. 

Colorado— J.   G.   Reed,   S.    R.   Wallace,   W.   W.   Twinam. 
Illinois — W.  J.  McKnight,  John   Yates,  Henry  Wallace. 
Iowa — H.  G.  Foster,  E.  L.  McKnight,  Robert  McClintock. 
Kansas — W.   J.   McCullough,  S.   T.   Foster,  Robert  McAfee. 
N.  B.  and   N.  S.— S.  J.  Crowe,  J.   M.   Johnston,  A.   W.   Hunter. 
New  York — S.   J.   Johnston,  W.  J.  Sanderson,  S;  M.   Steele. 
Ohio— G.  W.  Benn,  R.  J.  Dodds,  D.  S.  Ervin. 
Philadelphia — E.  A  Crooks,  S.  P.  Kingston,  W.  B.  Keys. 
Pittsburg — S.  E.  Greer,  D.   O.  Jack,  J.  B.  Grey. 
Rochester — Isaiah  Faris,  D.  C.  Matthews,  James  Greer. 

Synod  resolved  to  take  up  the  order  of  business  for  yester- 
aay  afternoon. 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  reported.  The  report  was 
received  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  and 
the  Committee  on  Finance. 

The  Central  Board  reported.  The  report  was  received  and 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Home  Missions  and  the  Committee 
on  Finance. 

The  Board  of  Superintendents  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
reported.  The  report  was  received  and  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Theological  Seminary  and  Education  and  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance. 


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The   following   resolution   was   presented   and    was   referred 

to  the  Committee  on  Theological  Seminary  and  Education : 

Resolved,  that  a  department  of  Civil  Government  in  its  relation  to 
the  Kingdom  of  Christ  be  established  in  the  Seminary,  and  that  Dr. 
R.  C.  Wylie  be  appointed  to  give  instruction  in  this  department. 

The   Committee    on   Nominations    made    a    partial    report. 

which  was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 

Committee  on  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches — R.  C.  Montgomery, 
Thomas  Patton,  John  C.  Slater,  R.  J.  Wallace.  S.  McLeod  Steel. 

The  Committee  on  Psalmody  reported.  The  report  was  read 
and  recommitted  that  an  additional  item  relating  to  the  singing 
of  the  Psalms  in  family  worship  might  be  added. 

J.  A.  Black  led  the  daily  devotions. 

Synod  took  recess  until  2  P.  M.     Praver  bv  S.  F.  Kingston. 


AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Thursday,  May  27th,  2  P.  M.  Synod  recon- 
vened at  the  appointed  hour  and  was  led  in  prayer  by  \V.  G. 
Fobb.  The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer  to 
their  names:  S.  G.  Conner.  \\\  O.  Ferguson,  J.  M.  Henning,  A. 
W.  Hunter,  D.  O.  Jack,  John  Magee,  M.  M.  Pearce.  B.  M. 
Sharp  and  T.  P.  Stevenson.  Members  of  the  Colorado  Pres- 
bytery w'ere  excused  from  roll  call. 

The  minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted. 
Since  Rev.  R.  J.  Dodds,  who  has  been  a  worthy  missionary  of  this 
church  for  a  period  of  eighteen  years,  is  now  thinking  of  going  on  a 
farm  to  make  some  provision  for  his  family,  and  since  he  is  without 
means  to  provide  stock  and  implements  that  will  be  necessary,  there- 
fore resolved,  that  he  be  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Control  for 
the  sum  of  $300,  for  this  year,  if  the  funds  justify. 

Papers  19  to  41.  Reports  of  Walter  T.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
These  reports  were  referred,  without  reading,  to  the  Committee 
on  Finance. 

The  Committee  on  Testimony  Bearing  reported.  The  re- 
port was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption.  Items 
I.  2,  3,  and  4  were  adopted.  Item  5  was  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance.  The  report  was  adopted  as  whole  and  is  as 
follows : 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAX  CHURCH  19 

REPORT    OF    COMMITTEE    ON    TESTIMONY    BEARING. 

The  work  of  Testimony  Bearing  has  been  carried  on  the  past  year 
with  more  than  ordinary  vigor.  The  Rev.  W.  J.  McKnight,  Synod's 
lecturer  on  this  subject,  has  given  about  two  hundred  and  sixty  lec- 
tures and  sermons  on  this  subject,  the  most  of  these  occupying  a  full 
evening  of  an  hour  and  a  half.  The  fact  that  audiences  will  come 
night  after  night  bears  eloquent  testimony,  both  to  the  great  interest  in 
the  subjects  presented  and  to  the  qualities  of  the  lecturer.  Quite  a 
large  number  of  these  lectures  have  been  given  outside  our  Church, 
and  those  given  in  our  churches  have  not  only  helped  ourselves,  but 
have  also  afforded  an  opportunity  of  advertising  our  principles,  and  of 
inviting  our  friends  and  neighbors  to  hear  them. 

Mr.  McKnight  has  given  little  attention  to  raising  money,  but 
has  received  nearly  enough  to  meet  his  expenses,  which  were  about 
five   hundred   dollars. 

The  ingenuity  and  generosity  of  our  friend,  Mr.  John  W.  Pritchard, 
has  provided  for  free  lecture  courses,  and  quite  a  number  of  our  brethren 
have  signified  their  willingness  to  speak  without  remuneration  beyond 
the  high  reward  of  doing  the  Lord's  work.  Others  of  our  brethren  have 
agreed  to  arrange  meetings  for  these  speakers,  and  the  whole  proposal 
has  been  widely  advertised.  A  demand  is  being  created,  and  a  great 
many  people  have  been  caused  to  think  on  the  subjects  proposed  by 
the  lecturers.  The  Rev.  R.  J.  G.  McKnight  has  more  than  any  other 
taken  every  occasion  to  speak  for  the  principles  of  our  Church,  and 
the  need  which  every  citizen  has  for  this  element  of  the  Christian 
life.  He  has  'ectured  on  this  subject  thirty-five  times.  W.  W.  Ca- 
rithers  and  J.  M.  Coleman  have  both  given  quite  a  number  of  addresses 
on  this  theme,  and  it  is  known  that  several  others  have  given  addresses 
who  have  not  reported  their  work. 

The  only  new  tract  issued  this  year  was  the  report  on  Pslamody, 
adopted  and  ordered  published  by  last  Synod.  -  It  was  not  printed 
until  after  the  presidential  campaign  had  closed,  and  has  been  in  great 
demand  ever  since.  The  edition  of  five  thousand  is  nearly  all  gone. 
It  seems  to  have  been  a  stimulus  of  thought  to  all  who  have  read  it. 

The  tracts  on  political  loyalty  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  on  pure 
worship,  and  on  secret  societies  were  dilligntly  sent  out  in  the  early 
part  of  the  year,  and  some  careful  advertising  widened  the  demand. 
Free  reading  notices  secured  in  many  religious  papers  by  request  of 
Mr.  Pritchard  brought  so  many  requests  that  quite  a  section  of  each 
week  was  employed  in  answering  letters  and  filling  orders.  We  send 
very  few  tracts  now  except  to  those  who  order  them.  The  fact  that 
they  are  sent  by  request  saves  them  from  the  waste-basket  and  se- 
cures attention.  We  could  spend  a  goodly  amount  of  money  to  great 
advantage  on  advertising,  on  printing,  and  on  postage. 

The  amount  contributed  to  Testimony  Bearing  the  past  year  was 
$2611.97.       The  amount  in  the  treasury  is  $1007.00. 

We  recommend: 

1.  That  the  Rev.  W.  J.  McKnight  be  re-elected  Synod's  lecturer  on 
Testimony  Bearing  for  the  coming  year. 

2.  That  our  elders  be  encouraged  to  arrange  for  meetings  and 
sermons  in  which  our  principles  may  be  presented,  and  that  our  minis- 
ters prepare  themselves,  and  embrace  all  such  opportunities. 

3.  That  our  members  be  urged  to  secure  the  admission  of  notices  of 
our  free  library  in  local  and  other  papers  in  order  to  create  a  demand 
for  our  literature. 


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4.  That  classes  be  formed  in  our  congregations  wherein  our  litera- 
ture may  be  studied,  and  our  members  trained  to  give  an  answer  when 
aslted  concerning  our  principles. 

5.  That  generous  contributions  be  called  for,  and  that  $4,000.00  be 
appropriated  to  this  work. 

W.  J.  COLEMAN, 
JAMES  S.  TIBBY, 
B.    M.    SHARP, 

E..  L.  Mcknight, 

J.  S.  THOMPSON, 
OLIVER  WYLIE. 

The  report  on  Unfinished  Business  was  taken  from  the  table 
Item  12  of  the  report  was  taken  up,  and  Synod  resumed  the 
consideration  of  the  minority  report. 

The  minority  report  was  laid  on  the  table  to  take  up  the 
majorit}'  report. 

Item  I  was  adopted, 

Item  2  was  amended  and  adopted. 

Item  3  was  amended  and  adopted. 

Items  4  and  5  were  adopted. 

Items  6  and  7  were  added  to  the  report. 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  TO  SYNOD  BY  COMMITTEE  ON  COST  OF  SYNOD. 

The  resolution  which  called  for  the  appointment  of  your  com- 
mittee provided  that  it  was  "to  consider  the  matters  connected  with 
the  expenses  of  the  Synod."        (Minutes  of  1908,  page  71.) 

This  commission  is  very  broad.  It  includes  not  only  the  ex- 
penses connected  with  the  journey  to  Synod,  but  also  the  expense 
of  living  during  the  meeting  of  the  Court.  Since  the  custom  of  en- 
tertaining the  members  of  the  Synod  has  passed,  and  the  delegates 
are  expected  to  pay  for  their  own  board,  and  oftimes  lodging  also, 
this  item  has  become  about  as  expensive  as  the  deficit  in  the  travel- 
ing fund.  Your  committee  has  endeavored  to  give  careful  consid- 
eration to  all  the  elements  involved  in  this  most  difficult  problem. 

There  are  three  ways  of  conducting  the  business  of  the  church, 
naturally  suggested  by  the  customs  of  other  Presbyterian  chiirches,  and 
any  of  these  would  necessarily  result  in  reducing  expenses.  One  is 
to  have  a  biennial  instead  of  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Synod;  an- 
other is  to  have  delegated  meetings;  and  still  another  is  to  have  a 
Western  and  Eastern  Synod,  each  meeting  annually,  with  a  general 
Synod  every  two  years.  The  last  plan,  that  of  the  Western  and 
Eastern  Synod,  does  not  find  mvich  favor.  Our  church  has  tried  it 
before,  and  it  is  not  eager  for  its  renewal.  But  the  two  former  plans 
stand  on  a  different  plane.  There  are  many  of  our  most  experienced 
members  of  the  Synod  who  believe  that  the  business  of  the  church  could 
be  transacted  just  as  efficiently  if  this  court  met  once  in  two  years 
instead  of  every  year.  The  church  boards,  which  give  such  efficient 
and   entirely   free   service  to   the   interests   under   their  care,   could   well 


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transact  the  business  in  the  interim.  While  as  to  a  delegated  Synod, 
four  of  the  members  of  the  committee  have  expressed  the  belief  that  the 
church  must  inevitably  come  to  such  a  plan,  and  that  Presbyteries 
could  easily  select  one  representative  for  each  one  hundred  members,  or 
fraction  thereof,  thus  making  a  more  compact  and  less  expensive  Synod 
of  one   hundred   delegates 

But  even  those  who  make  these  suggestions  express  at  the  same 
time  a  doubt  as  to  whether  the  church  is  ready  for  such  a  plan.  And 
there  are  very  many  who  for  various  reasons  are  loath  to  give  up  the 
present  annual  assembly  made  up  from  representatives  from  all  the 
congregations  on  this  side  of  the  sea.  It  is  the  truest  kind  of  democracy 
to  give  to  every  congregation  the  privilege  of  being  represented  in 
the  highest  courts  of  the  Church.  There  are  certain  advantages  gained 
by  it,  that  in  the  opinion  of  many  of  our  most  experienced  members, 
far  outweigh  any  monetary  considerations.  To  quote  the  graphic 
phrases  of  one  brother,  "It  would  be  unwise,  in  my  judgment,  to  change 
the  present  method,  expensive  and  cumbersome  as  it  is.  We  need 
to  meet  frequently,  we  need  to  keep  acquainted  with  the  spirit  of 
the  church,  and  with  each  other,  we  need  to  keep  together,  and  with 
all  our  differences  we  keep  together  by  being  together." 

If  it  be  conceded  then,  that  these  radical  measures  can  not  or 
should  not  be  passed,  the  task  of  your  committee  is  reduced  to  sug- 
gesting better  ways  of  meeting  our  expenses  under  the  present  sys- 
tem. And  we  are  glad  to  say  that  we  believe  that  it  is  possible  to 
reduce  the  burdens  of  expense,  and  also  possible  to  provide  better 
methods  for  raising  money  necessary  to  meet  the  expense.  In  the 
first  place  it  is  the  opinion  of  all  that  the  Synod  should  meet  in  a 
central  location.  At  present  the  states  of  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Illinois  con- 
tain the  congregations  that  are  most  central,  and  any  of  these  congrega- 
tions would  prove  a  good  place  from  a  financial  standpoint,  except 
those  in  the  large  cities.  We  except  the  cities  because  our  expenses 
for  the  last  three  years  have  shown  vis,  that  however  pleasant  it  may 
be  to  meet  with  our  brethren  in  the  cities,  it  is  expensive  to  do  so. 
Board  and  lodging  are  much  cheaper  in  towns  and  villages.  But  we 
do  not  think  it  wise  to  recommend  any  hard  and  fast  rules  on  the 
subject.  There  are  cases  in  which  Synod,  may  desire,  for  particu- 
lar reasons,  to  go  to  a  place  not  central,  as  to  Denver  in  1895,  or  to 
a  large  city  in  the  central  states  as  this  year  to  Chicago.  We  believe 
that  this  situation  can  be  best  met  by  the  appointment  of  a  committee 
on  the  place  of  meeting.  The  present  method  is  rather  haphazard. 
Invitations  are  offered  on  the  floor  of  Synod,  a  few  questions  are  asked 
almost  at  random,  and  a  vote  taken,  oftentimes  without  due  con- 
sideration. A  '^ommittee  could  more  carefully  examine  as  to  the  items 
of  expense. 

Furthermore,  it  may  well  be  doubted  if  the  present  way  of  rais- 
ing the  traveling  fund  is  the  best.  Thirty  cents  Is  asked  of  each 
men^.ber  of  the  church,  whether  he  be  some  well-to-do  person,  who 
could  easily  give  more,  or  some  head  of  a  family  who  is  poor  and  has 
many  children  to  pay  for.  The  trouble  is  that  when  a  certain  sum 
is  announced,  the  richer  persons  give  just  so  much  and  no  more.  Would 
it  not  be  better  for  the  pastor  to  announce  the  amount  required  by 
the  congregation,  at  the  rate  per  member  fixed  by  the  Synod,  and  then 
let  the  ideal  be  encouraged  that  the  members  give  to  this  sum  according 
to  their  ability,  as  the  Lord  has  prospered  them?  In  other  words,  en- 
deavor to  develop  the  sense  of  congregational  responsibility  for  the 
raising  of  the  fund,  just  as  for  the  other  schemes  of  the  church. 


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To  put  these  suggestions  into  more  concise  and  definite  form,  we 
recommend: 

1.  That  the  selection  of  the  place  for  the  meeting  of  the  Synod 
be  referred  each  year  to  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Moderator,  called 
the  committee  on  place  of  meeting  which  shall  report  its  decision  to 
Synod   for   approval. 

2.  That  the  amount  per  member  required  for  the  traveling  fund 
be  continued  at  thirty  cents. 

3.  That  the  committee  on  traveling  fund  settle  with  all  the  dele- 
gates on  the  basis  of  the  lowest  rate  possible  to  each  one. 

4.  That  pastors,  when  announcing  the  collection  for  the  travel- 
ing fund,  state  the  amount  required  of  the  congregation,  and  ask  the 
members  to  contribute  thereto  according  to  their  ability,  as  the  Lord 
has   prospered   them. 

5.  That  the  officers  of  the  congregations  co-operate  with  the  pas- 
tor in  developing  a  sense  of  congregational  responsibility  for  the  trav- 
eling fund,  as  well  as  for  the  other  schemes  of  the  church. 

6.  That  each  Presbytery  appoint  a  committee  to  correspond  with 
delegates,  with  a  view  of  securing  party  tickets  where  it  is  possible 
so  to  do. 

7.  That  super-annuated  ministers  and  those  debarred  from  active 
service  be  granted  optional  attendance  at  the  meetings  of  Synod. 

G.   W.  BENN, 

T.    McFALL, 

R.  C.  MONTGOMERY, 

J.    YATES, 

W.    J.    SANDERSON, 

S.  J.  JOHNSTON, 

J.  S.   McGAW, 

W.  T.  K.  THOMPSON, 

G    N.    GREER, 

J.    S.    TIBBY. 

The  Committee  on  Psalmody  reported  the  additional  recom- 
mendation ordered  by  Synod,  and  the  report  was  adopted  as  a 
\\hole.  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  PSALMODY. 

The  sub.iect  of  tha  Psalms  is  a  very  wide  one.  The  phase  of 
it  we  desire  to  consider  at  this  time  is  the  use  of  the  Psalms  as  the 
manual  of  Christian  praise. 

God's  purpose  in  inditing  the  Psalms  was  to  provide  an  inspired 
manual  of  praise  for  His  people.  The  Psalms,  distinct  from  all  the 
other  books  of  the  Bible,  are  not  only  a  book  of  inspired  truth,  but  a 
book  of  inspired  praise.  David,  the  author  of  a  very  large  portion  of 
the  Psalms,  and  the  one  honored  of  God  by  having  the  whole  book 
intimately  associated  with  his  name,  was  inspired  to  write  songs  of 
praise  for  God's  people.  And  having  written  in  the  consciousness  that 
he  was  a  chosen  instrument  for  this  purpose,  he  delivered  the  Psalms  he 
wrote  to  the  leaders  of  the  praise  service  to  be  the  people's  songs  of 
praise  in  worshiping  God,  as  we  find  in  the  history  of  Psalms  96,  105, 
and  106,  given  in  I  Chronicles,  16th  chapter;  and  as  we  further  learn  from 
the  titles  of  a  large  number  of  the  Psalms.       The  95th  Psalm  contains 


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this  exhortation  concerning  the  worship  of  God,  "Let  us  make  a  joyful 
noise  unto  Him  with  Psalms."  The  divine  authorization  of  the  Psalms 
as  the  manual  of  praise  in  the  Old  Testament  is  further  seen  in  the 
commands  given  for  their  use  by  such  pious  leaders  as  Hezekiah  when 
inaugurating  great  reforms  and  revivals,  the  special  aim  of  which  was 
to  have  the  people  return  from  forgetfulness  of  God  and  carefully  em- 
ploy in  His  service  His  appointed  ordinances.  The  use  of  the  Psalms 
in  the  New  Testament  is  enjoined  by  the  authority  of  the  highest 
example,  in  the  fact  that  Christ  and  His  apostles,  so  far  as  we  know, 
used  only  the  Psalms  in  their  worship.  The  hymn  which  Christ  and 
His  disciples  sang  the  night  in  which  the  Savior  was  betrayed  students 
of  the  Bible  are  generally  agreed  was  the  Hallel  of  the  Passover,  con- 
sisting of  Psalms  113-118.  Concerning  the  singing  of  those  Psalms  on 
that  occasion  Binnie  truthfully  observes,  that  it  "may  be  said  to  mark 
the  point  at  which  the  Psalter"  passed  oyer  from  the  old  dispensation 
into  the  new;  for  it  accompanied  the  celebration  of  the  new  ordinance 
of  the  Lord's  supper  as  well  as  the  celebration  of  the  expiring  Pass- 
over." In  two  passages  of  the  New  Testament,  Ephesians  5:  19  and 
Colossians  3:  16,  the  use  of  the  Psalms  is  expressly  commanded.  Since 
Paul  in  prescribing  the  songs  to  be  used  by  Christians  in  their  religious 
services  designates  them  "Psalms,  hymns  and  spiritual  songs,"  those 
who  believe  in  singing  hymns  of  human  composition  claim  that  these 
passages,  in  addition  to  authorizing  the  use  of  the  Psalms,  authorize 
the  making  and  using  of  such  hymns.  But  as  a  thorough  study  of 
the  subject  reveals  the  fact  that  in  the  time  of  Paul  the  terms  "Psalms, 
hymns  and  spiritual  songs"  were  widely  applied  to  the  Psalms,  and  also 
that  no  other  hymns  and  spiritual  songs  of  that  period  have  come  down 
to  us,  the  most  consistent  and  definite  interpretation  of  the  reference  of 
the  apostle  is  that  he  is  speaking  of  the  Psalms  of  the  Bible  under  this 
three-fold  designation.  His  message  to  Christians  is,  not  to  make 
songs  of  praise,  but  to  use  those  God  has  provided  by  His  Spirit. 

The  Psalms  being  designed  and  appointed  by  God  as  the  manual  of 
praise  for  the  church,  their  perfect  suitableness  for  the  purpose  is  only 
what  we  necessarily  expect.  They  are  truly  religious.  To  the  inspired 
psalmist  we  may  apply  the  words  which  one  has  used  in  description 
of  the  highest  poetic  impulse,  "God,  God,  God  is  the  only  Muse."  The 
Psalms  are  pre-eminently  spiritual.  They  also  abound  in  confession  of 
sin  and  aspiration  after  holiness.  They  breathe  the  spirit  of  Christ. 
They  are  quoted  in  the  New  Testament  more  often  than  any  other  book 
of  the  Old  Testament.  Many  of  these  quotations  are  made  to  set  forth 
some  particular  truth  concerning  Christ,  and  a  considerable  number  of 
them  are  made  by  Christ  Himself.  The  rare  character  of  the  Psalms 
as  songs  which  give  perfect  expression  to  the  experiences  and  aspira- 
ations  of  the  believing  heart,  has  been  recognized  and  eulogized  times 
without  number,  and  by  the  best  and  most  prominent  of  Christian  stu- 
dents, teachers  and  preachers,  past  and  present.  We  select  several  ex- 
amples. Adam  Clarke  says,  "I  know  nothing  like  the  book  of  Psalms. 
It  contains  all  the  lengths,  breadths,  depths,  and  heights  of  Patriarchal, 
Mosaic,  and  Christian  dispensations."  The  Oxford  Bible  Helps  de- 
scribes the  book  of  Psalms  in  these  words:  "The  product  of  one,  it  is 
the  property  of  two  Dispensations,  Jewish  and  Christian."  Dr.  R.  S. 
MacArthur  says,  "To  this  hour  the  Christian  on  the  mountain  top 
of  faith  or  in  the  valleys  of  doubt  and  despair  can  find  no  vehicle  of 
his  thoughts  so  expressive,  so  simple,  so  sublime,  as  these  old  Psalms." 
The  Home  Herald  course  of  Bible  study  for  1908  says  in  one  of  its  com- 
ments on  the  Psalms,  "They  carry  us  beyond  the  struggles  and  sor- 
rows of  man.  They  leave  us  at  Bethlehem,  Gethsemane,  Calvary  and 
the  Empty  Tomb." 


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But  just  here,  notwithstanding  the  manifest  and  universally  ac- 
knowledged excellence  of  the  Psalms  as  songs  of  Christian  praise,  we 
have  to  note  the  fact  that  at  the  present  day  they  are  almost  entirely 
omitted  from  the  song  service  of  the  great  majority  of  Chris- 
tian denominations.  They  are  used  to  be  true  in  many  congregations 
at  the  beginning  of  the  public  service  in  responsive  readings.  But 
this  cannot  excuse  from  singing  them,  for  the  Psalms  were  not  given 
merely  to  be  read,  but  to  be  sung.  It  should  also  be  noted  that  the 
rare  suitableness  of  the  Psalms  for  this  devotional  exercise  of  responsive 
reading  which  leads  to  selecting  them  so  commonly  for  the  purpose, 
shows  equally  their  suitableness  to  be  sung.  If  space  permitted,  we 
might  take  up  for  examination  some  of  the  reasons  given  for  supplanting 
the  Psalms  by  uninspired  hymns,  by  those  who  so  do.  A  brief  taut 
conclusive  answer,  however,  to  all  objections  to  the  Psalms  is  found 
in  the  testimonies  to  their  Christian  excellence  given  by  members  of 
these  same  churches  where  the  Psalms  are  not  used,  testimonies  from 
which  we  have  quoted  and  from  w^hich  we  might  further  quote  prac- 
tically  without   limit. 

But  in  the  midst  of  this  wide-spread  neglect  of  the  Psalms  there 
are  some  encouragements  to  be  noted.  During  recent  years  a  number 
of  the  most  prominent  workers  in  hymn-singing  denominations  have 
been  led  through  the  consistent  testimony  of  conscientious  Psalm-singers 
to  favor  a  larger  use  of  the  Psalms. 

In  our  church's  work  in  behalf  of  the  Psalms  we  should  recognize 
the  great  importance  of  singing  them  well.  The  songs  that  have 
found  their  way  into  the  hearts  of  men  have  been   sung  there. 

It  is  imperative  that  we  set  the  Psalms  to  appropriate  music;  then 
sing  them  well,  and  joyfully. 

Inasmuch  as  the  singing  of  the  Psalms  is  recognized  in  our  subor- 
dinate standards  as  a  part  of  family  worship,  and  is  proved  by  long 
experience  to  have  an  important  place  in  family  training,  we  recom- 
mend that  all  our  families  be  exhorted  and  urged  to  resist  the  growing 
tendency  to  suffer  this  good  old  custom  to  fall  into  disuse. 

(Jf  the  committee. 

J.    B.    GILMORE, 
C.    McLEOD    SMITH, 
ISAIAH  FARIS, 
J.    E.    WILSON. 

The  courtesies  of  the  floor  were  extended  to  the  Rev.  W.  B, 
Stoddard,  of  the  National  Christian  Association. 

The  Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance  reported.  The 
report  was  received  and  amended.  The  item  relating  to  finance 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance.  The  report  was 
adopted  as  a  whole  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  OF  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE  ON  TEMPERANCE. 

To  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church  to  meet  in  Chi- 
cago, May,  1909.  Your  committee  on  Temperance  would  respectfully 
report  that  we  have  been  pursuing  the  same  lines  of  work  that  have 
occupied  our  attention  in  the  years  past.  Striving  to  meet  any  change 
in  conditions  that  might  arise  by  some  appropriate  motto  on  poster  and 


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seal  and  thus  answer  any  point  made  by  the  liquor  forces:  For  instance 
when  they  shouted  "personal  liberty"  we  put  out  a  poster  Respect  for 
Law  and  Obedience  to  Authority,  Constitute  Personal  Liberty.  When 
the  shout  was  raised  that  it  would  withdraw  so  much  revenue  that  it 
would  raise  taxes  or  bankrupt  cities  we  put  out  posters  as  follows: 
A  growing  Idea — The  Most  Expensive  Money  Coming  Into  the  Treas- 
ury, is  From  the  Liquor  Traffic.  To  Save  a  Dollar  in  Taxes  Men 
Continue  the  Saloon  in  Our  Midst.  That  was  to  shame  the  man  who 
thought  so  much  of  a  dollar  and  so  little  of  a  soul;  then  for  the  man 
who  had  some  conscience  in  the  matter  we  put  out  this  one:  In  License 
We  Share  With  The  Liquor  Seller,  The  Responsibilities  and  Evils  of  His 
Business. 

And  to  answer  the  claim  that  it  would  ruin  the  cities  we  posted 
this:  No  Man  Ever  Grew  Rich  by  Drinking  Intoxicants,  How  Can  it 
Bring  Prosperity  to  a  City.  We  also  put  out  the  following:  Argu- 
ments in  Favor  of  the  Liquor  Traffic  Are  Founded  on  Ignorance,  Ava- 
rice or  Appetite.  Liquor  Drinking  Makes  Vice  Easy  and  Virtue  Diffi- 
cult. A  Debased  Currency  is  Not  as  Dangerous  to  a  Nation  as  De- 
based  Citizens,   Saloons   Make   Them. 

When  there  was  a  great  effort  made  to  clean  up  and  reform  the  saloon 
business  we  put  out  this  one:  The  Saloon  is  Inherently  Evil  and  Cannot 
be  Reformed.  In  order  that  our  position  of  Honoring  Christ  as  King 
might  be  emphasized  we  put  out  this  one:  Christ's  Kingdom  Cannot 
Come  While  We  Protect  the  Liquor  Traffic. 

Believing  that  tobacco  comes  properly  before  this  Committee  we 
have  put  out  two  posters  touching  this  habit:  Cigarette  Smoking  is  a 
Mark  of  Degeneracy.  And:  If  you  desire  to  keep  your  body  clean  you 
will  not  use  tobacco.  If  it  is  of  value  to  you  to  keep  your  heart  and 
nerves  in  the  best  working  order  you  will  not  smoke  or  chew. 

If  you  regard  the  safety  of  buildings  you  will  not  smoke  in  or 
around  them.  If  you  consider  the  rights  of  others  you  will  not  use 
tobacco.  This  one  with  the  four  "Ifs"  is  especially  popular  for  putting 
into   school  rooms. 

We  have  widened  our  work  and  aimed  to  put  the  posters  into  every 
school  room  in  Oklahoma,  Kansas.  Arkansas,  Missouri  and  Iowa,  during 
the  past  winter  and  while  we  did  not  nearly  reach  as  wide  as  this  yet 
we  found  openings  enough  of  this  kind  to  keep  all  our  available  force 
busy  mailing  out  packages. 

Miss  Mary  McFarland  was  employed  in  mailing  out  packages  and 
carrying  on  the  correspondence  of  the  Committee  at  an  expense  of 
$100.00. 

We  put  the  posters  out  very  generally  in  all  Chautauquas  where 
they  did  not  have  a  positive  rule  against  all  advertising,  and  also  in 
all  Fairs  that  we  could  reach,  that  did  not  have  a  like  rule. 

We  also  continued  the  use  of  the  Postal  Card  Ballot  and  these  were 
sent  out  by  the  thousand  during  the  session  of  Congress. 

Practically  all  the  sentiments  used  on  posters  were  put  on  seals  or 
stickers  and  these  were  used  in  many  ways  and  by  a  continually  grow- 
ing circle  of  workers. 

We  regret  that  these  means  of  increasing  public  interest  and 
deepening  public  opinion  are  not  more  generally  used  by  our  own  mem- 
bership and  we  would  take  this  occasion  to  urge  all  to  avail  themselves 
of  this  means  of  publicity.  We  would  recommend  to  Synod  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions: 

1st.     That  all  the  members  be  urged  to  continued  diligence  in  all  law- 


26  MINUTES   OP"  THE   SYNOD  OF   THE 

fill  means  in  combating  tlie  liquor  traffic,  and  that  all  be  warned  against 
indulging  in  a  false  confidence,  that  its  overthrow  is  already  assured, 
by  the  defeats  it  has  suffered. 

2nd.  That  all  members  be  urged  to  use  the  printed  matter,  pro- 
vided free,  by  the  Committee. 

3rd.  That  it  is  the  mind  of  Synod  that  the  Church  should  con- 
sider the  propriety  of  inserting  a  section  in  the  Declaration  and  Testi- 
mony prohibiting  the  use  and  traffic  in  tobacco,  and  that  sessions  be 
required  to  lay  clearly  before  those  joining  the  Church  the  great  de- 
sirability of  keeping  themselves  free  from  the  habit  of  using  tobacco. 

4th.  That  the  importance  of  the  work  requires  that  we  support  it 
liberally,  and  that  the  appropriation  be  the  same  as  last  year. 

W.    W.    CARITrfERS, 
J.     S.     McGAW, 
M.    M.    PEARCE, 
T.     G.     GRAHAM, 
A.    M.    MITCHELL. 

The  Committee  on  Evangelistic  Work  reported.  The  report 
was  received  and  taken  up  for  consideration.  Pending  the  con- 
sideration of  the  report  the  hour  for  adjournment  arrived. 

Synod  adjourned  to  meet  to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock 
Prayer  by  J.  G.  Reed. 


MORNING  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Friday.  May  28th,  9  A.  M.  Synod  met  at  the 
appointed  hour  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  the  Moder- 
ator. The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer  to 
their  names:  S.  F.  Kingston,  John  Magee.  W.  G.  Robb  and 
T.  P.  Stevenson. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  afternoon  session  were  read,  cor- 
rected, and  approved.  Members  of  Iowa  Presbytery  were  ex- 
cused for  absence  from  roll  call  }'esterday  afternoon.  J.  C. 
French  was  excused,  on  account  of  sickness,  from  attendance  on 
the  sessions  of  the  Court.  J.  W.  Sproull  was  granted  optional 
attendance  on  account  of  sickness. 

The  rule  fixing  the  hour  for  reconvening  at  2  P.  M.  was 
suspended  for  this  afternoon,  and  2 130  was  made  the  hour. 

R.  J.  G.  McKnight  was  chosen  the  Moderator's  alternate 
to  preach  the  sermon  at  the  opening  of  the  next  Synod. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  National  Reform  was  made 
the  special  order  of  the  day  immediately  after  the  noon  recess. 


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Paper  No.  42.  Complaint  and  appeal  of  J.  F.  Crozier 
against  Pittsburg-  Presbytery.  The  paper  was  received  and  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Discipline. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Evangelistic  Work  was 
taken  from  the  table  and  was  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 

Items  I  and  2  were  adopted. 

Item  3  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Item  4  was  adopted. 

Item  5  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Item  6  was  added  to  the  report. 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT    OF   THE    COMMITTEE    ON   EVANGELISTIC    WORK. 

In  reporting  on  the  subject  of  evangelistic  work,  your  committee 
will  confine  itself  to  that  phase  of  the  church's  work  which  is  properly 
called  evangelistic.  In  a  certain  sense  all  preaching  of  the  Gospel  is 
evangelistic  work,  and  all  the  work  of  the  church  bears  directly  or 
indirectly  upon  it.  But,  strictly,  there  is  a  particular  kind  of  work 
which  we  designate  as  evangelistic.  It  is  that  work  which  seeks  di- 
rectly to  lead  individuals  to  a  personal  acceptance  of  Christ  as  a 
Saviour.  Its  definite  aim  is  to  make  disciples.  We  feel  it  important 
to  emphasize  this  view  of  evangelistic  work  because  that  conception  of 
it  which  is  less  inclusive  than  this,  confining  evangelistic  work  to  a 
special  method,  is  too  narrow,  and  gives  an  inadequate  conception  of 
it;  and  that  view  of  it  which  is  more  inclusive  than  this,  embracing 
in  it  all  the  activities  of  the  church  because  they  are  related  to  it,  is  too 
broad,  failing  to  emphasize  properly  this  particular  work.  We  are 
considering  any  work,  and  all  work,  which  aims  directly  at  the  re- 
claiming of  lost  souls. 

Considering  the  work  of  the  church  your  committee  feels  that 
this  line  of  work  is  not  being  as  efficiently  accomplished  as  it  should 
be;  nor  is  it  up  to  the  level  of  other  branches  of  the  church's  work. 
Last  year  there  were  557  accessions  to  our  church  in  America.  Many  of 
these  necessarily  represented  changes  from  one  congregation  to  an- 
other. Probably  the  majority  of  the  others  were  children  brought  up 
in  the  families  of  our  church,  and  hence  not  representing  an  aggressive 
work  in  the  outlying  field  of  the  world.  The  total,  also,  was  not  suffi- 
cient to  offset  the  decrease,  which  was  679.  In  view  of  the  fact  that 
the  great  commission  of  Christ  is  to  "make  disciples"  this  cannot  be 
viewed  as  a  satisfactory  result. 

There  may  be  some  reason  for  this  small  result  in  the  fact  that  it 
is  specially  difficult  to  lead  those  who  have  been  reared  outside  our 
church  into  its  fellowship.  Our  distinctive  position  in  regard  to  voting, 
and  secret  societies;  our  simple  scriptural  worship  .contrasting  with  the 
elaborate  service  and  attractive  music  offered  elsewhere;  the  high 
plane  of  Christian  living  which  our  church  requires;  together  with  the 
unspirituality  of  the  present  age,  and  the  tendency  to  be  attracted  by 
superficial  things,  all  make  the  work  difficult.  And  in  so  far  as  the 
small   results   of  our  labors   are   due   to   these   causes   we   ought   not   to 


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be  discouraged.  Therein  we  may  trust  the  Master  will  not  condemn  us. 
But  these  things  do  not  make  the  work  impossible  of  larger  results 
than  we  have  yet  accomplished.  If  we  plead  that  our  small  ac- 
complishment is  because  we  are  a  peculiar  people^  then  certain  sects 
in  our  country  which  are  rapidly  increasing,  though  they  require  a 
peculiarity  which  they  even  make  conspicuous,  will  rise  up  and  con- 
demn us.  They  overcome  the  difficulty,  and  we  can.  If  we  plead  that 
it  is  because  of  the  difficulty  of  preaching  our  doctrines,  then  the  lead- 
ers of  the  great  religious  cult  of  our  time,  who  have  led  such  great 
numbers  to  accept  the  most  impossible  teachings  to  which  were  ever 
given  the  name  of  either  science  or  Christianity,  will  rise  and  con- 
demn us.  They  exploit  errors;  we  can  teach  the  truth.  If  we  plead 
the  unspirituality  of  our  age,  then  the  Apostles,  who  planted  the  first 
churches  among  the  Greecian  and  Roman  cities,  which  were  the  moral 
plague  spots  of  the  ancient  world,  will  condemn  us.  They  penetrated 
the  darkness;  we  have  the  same  light.  Somehow,  faithful  as  we  may  be, 
honest  as  may  be  our  intentions,  courageous  as  many  are  in  opposing 
the  evils  of  our  day,  we  are  not  as  successful  as  we  should  be  in  gather- 
ing the  fruits  of  our  labors,  and  especially  in  leading  converts  into  the 
fellowship  of  our  own  church.  We  need  training  to  become  more  ef- 
ficient fishers  of  men,  and  we  need  the  confidence  and  aggression  which 
will  enable"  us  to  fill  up  the  depleted  ranks  of  our  church  with  those 
whom  we  have  brought  to  Christ.  We  need  experience  in  reclaiming 
the  unsaved,  and  our  people  need  the  enthusiasm  of  victory  in  win- 
ning souls,  and  the  acquired  skill  of  patient  effort.  We  have  abund- 
ance of  the  evangelistic  spirit  and  we  have  many  qualifications  for  the 
work,  but  we  need  the  ability  that  accomplishes,  and  the  tact  and 
skill  which  mean  salvation  to  lost  souls,  and  which  hold  the  potency, 
and  promise  of  a  growing  church. 

As  one  definite  step  toward  these  things  your  committee  would 
recommend  the  appointment  of  a  permanent  committee  on  Evangelistic 
Work.  It  is  after  having  this  proposition  before  us  in  correspond- 
ence during  most  oi  the  year  that  the  recommendation  is  made.  We 
know  that  the  church  has  always  been  reluctant  about  entering  upon 
any  course  which  might  encourage  among  our  people  the  objectionable 
features  of  present  evangelism.  As  evangelistic  services  have  been 
conducted  in  the  past  they  have  too  often  been  expensive,  sensational, 
unspiritual,  and  unproductive  of  any  lasting  result.  Such  move- 
ments have  been  recently  characterized  as,  "evangelism,  with  God  left 
out."  Our  church  has  never  encouraged  such  services,  and  it  is  not 
our  purpose  to  recommend  entering  upon  them  now.  In  the  first 
place  it  is  not  intended  that  such  a  committee  shall  have  reference 
solely  to  holding  evangelistic  services.  It  will  have  an  important  work 
to  do  in  advancing  all  those  interests  which  contribute  toward  suc- 
cessful efforts  to  reach  the  unsaved,  and  to  lead  them  into  the  fel- 
lowship of  our  church;  to  encourage  congregations  in  evangelistic  ef- 
forts; and  to  magnify  in  every  way  the  divine  requirement  of  a  per- 
sonal acceptance  of  Jesus  Christ  as  a  Saviour  as  a  condition  of  salva- 
tion. Also,  beyond  this,  we  believe  that  such  a  committee  can  se- 
cure special  evangelistic  services  among  our  congregations  without 
their  objectionable  features.  Special  services  of  this  kind  are  cer- 
tainly not  wholly  to  be  condemned.  Experience  has  shown  a  place 
for  them.  It  is  evident  that  times  of  special  refreshing  and  reviving 
are  natural,  and  are  used  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  ought  to  be  fostered 
by  the  church;  that  a  quickening  of  the  spiritual  life  is  possible  in 
special  seasons  of  devotion  and  effort;  that  under  the  inspiration  of  such 
services  decisions  are  made  which  are  lasting;  that  such  services  need 
not  result  in  a  spiritual  lassitude  when  they  are  over  but  may  result  in 


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an  increased  zeal  which  will  continue.  There  is  a  place  and  a  proper 
use  in  the  church  for  such  services.  As  a  single  illustration  of  this 
the  experience  of  the  First  Beaver  Falls  congregation  may  be  given. 
For  fifteen  years  that  congregation  maintained  its'  work  in  the  Sab- 
bath school  on  Patterson  Heights.  At  the  end  of  that  time  the  results 
of  the  work  seemed  so  small  that  it  was  even  proposed  to  abandon 
the  field.  It  was  instead  determined,  however,  to  make  a  stronger 
effort  to  accomplish  results.  The  pastor  of  the  congregation  arranged 
for  preaching  every  Sabbath  evening,  and  a  communion  was  appointed 
to  be  held  there,  to  be  preceded  by  a  series  of  special  services.  As 
the  result  of  those  services  eighteen  were  added  to  the  church. 
These  were  mostly  those  who  had  the  training  of  the  Sabbath  school, 
but  who  had  never  been  strongly  pressed  to  a  decision.  Such  ser- 
vices have  been  held  there  each  year  since,  and  within  the  last  two 
years  fifty  have  made  their  decision  for  Christ,  and  the  most  of 
them  have  been  received  into  the  fellowship  of  the  Covenanter 
church.  Now  that  congregation  has  as  its  greatest  congregational  en- 
thusiasm the  work  in  that  field,  and  has  been  blessed  in  many  ways  by 
it.  Such  things  are  possible  in  other  places,  and  our  church  cannot 
afford  to  miss  them.  A  permanent  committee  could  multiply  the  hold- 
ing of  such  services   in   our  church. 

Such  a  committee  would  need  some  funds  at  its  disposal,  and  we  be- 
lieve the  church  will  be  glad  to  support  the  work  to  the  small  amount 
necessary  for  a  beginning.  Experience  shows  that  such  a  work  usually 
carries  itself  financially  when  it  is  once  started,  but  the  work  ought  not 
to  be  allowed  to  have  to  carry  its  own  financial  burdens.  It  should 
be   supported   by   the   church. 

We  recommend: 

I.  That  a  Permanent  Committee  on  Evangelistic  Work  be  ap- 
pointed by  this  synod. 

II.  That  the  committee  consist  of  the  following  members:  J.  S. 
Thompson,  chairman;  J.  R.  Wylie,  R.  H.  Martin,  James  Scott  and  J. 
E.  Dodds,  these  members  to  serve  for  a  term  of  three  years. 

III.  That  an  appropriation  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  coming 
year  from  the  Domestic  Mission  Fund  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
committee. 

IV.  That  the  committee  be  empowered  to  secure  one  or  more  of 
our  ministers  to  give  part  time  to  holding  evangelistic  services  among 
our  congregations,  or  wherever  such  services  may  be  arranged  by  the 
session  or  by  the  committee. 

V.  That  whatever  funds  the  committee  secures  from  its  work  be 
returned  to  the  source  from  which  its  funds  were  drawn. 

VI.  That  each  member  of  the  Covenanter  church  shall  be  ex- 
pected to  devote  one  week  each  year,  without  expecting  financial  re- 
muneration, to  special  evangelistic  work,  if  called  upon  to  do  so. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

M.   M.   PEARCE, 
J.  R.  WYLIE, 
W.   J.   SANDERSON, 
J.  A.   McATEER, 
J.  R.  KENNEDY. 

Reports  of  Presbyteries  were  received. 

N.  B.  and   N.   S. — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Financ.". 
the  Committee  on  Supplies,  and  the  Board  of  Control. 


30  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD  OF   THE 

Illinois — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Supplies  and  the 
Board  of  Control. 

Ohio — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Supplies  and  the  Board 
of  Control. 

Pittsburg- — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Supplies,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Discipline,  and  the  Board  of  Control. 

Iowa — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Supplies  and  the  Board 
of  Control. 

Kansas — Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Supplies  and  the 
Board  of  Control. 

Philadelphia — No  reference. 

Rochester — Referred  to  Committee  on  Supplies  and  the 
Board  of  Control. 

Colorado — Referred  to  Committee  on  "Finance,  Committee  on 
Home  Missions,  Committee  on  Supplies,  and  the  Board  of  Con- 
trol. 

New  York — Referred  to  Committee  on  Supplies  and  Board 
of  Control. 

The  daily  devotions  were  led  by  Robert  McAfee. 

Synod  took  recess  vmtil  2:30  P.  M.  Prayer  by  Thomas  H. 
M  artin. 


AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Friday,  May  28th,  2:30  P.  M.  Synod  recon- 
vened at  the  appointed  hour  and  was  led  in  prayer  by  T.  G.  Gra- 
ham.    The  calling  of  the  roll  was  dispensed  with. 

The  minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read  and  approved. 

Before  taking  up  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  National 
Reform,  which  was  the  special  order  of  the  day,  the  Synod  en- 
gaged in  a  season  of  prayer,  led  by  A.  A.  Samson  and  P.  J.  Mc- 
Donald. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  was  received,  and  taken  up  item 
by  item  for  adoption. 

Item  I  was  amended  and  adopted. 


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Item  2  was  laid  on  the  table  for  the  present. 

Pending  the  discussion  of  Item  3,  the  hour  for  adjournment 
arrived. 

Synod  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
Prayer  by  J.  B.  Gilmore. 


MORNING  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Saturday,  May  29th,  9  A.  M.  Synod  convened 
at  the  appointed  hour  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  J.  C. 
McFeeters.  The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer 
to  their  names :  E.  A.  Crooks,  D.  S.  Faris,  W.  O.  Ferguson, 
John  Magee,  G.  R.  McBurney,  W.  J.  McBurney,  Louis  Meyer, 
M.  M.  Pearce  and  J.  Renwick  Wylie. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  afternoon  session  were  read  and 
approved. 

The  invitation  to  Synod  to  hold  the  meeting  of  1910  at 
Atlantic  City  was  taken'  from  the  table,  and  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Place  of  Meeting. 

The  Committee  on  Home  Missions  reported.  The  report 
was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 

Items  I  to  6  were  adopted. 

The  report  was  laid  on  the  table  until  Monday  morning. 

The  members  of  the  Colorado  Presbytery  were  excused  for 
absence  from  roll  call  this  morning,  and  A.  Kilpatrick  was  ex- 
cused until  Monday  afternoon. 

Paper  No.  43.  The  report  of  the  Board  of  Sustentation. 
The  report  was  received  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Sus- 
tentation and  Church  Erection. 

Tlie  report  of  the  Stated  Clerk  was  read,  corrected,  and  is 
ns  follows. 

REPORT  OF  STATED  CLERK. 

Statistics    from    May    1st,    1908    to    May    1st,    1909. 
There    are    reported    this    year    114    Congregations,    7    Mission    Sta- 
tions,   137    ministers,    one   of    whom    is    a    Greel<:,    15    Licentiates,    one    of 
whom  is  a  Greelc,  7  students  of  Theology,  2  of  whom  have  been  licensed, 
9.503  Communicants,  an  increase  of  602  and  a  decrease  of  670,  8691  in  at- 


32  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD   OF   THE 

tendance    at    the    Sabbath    schools,    and    1899    at    the    Young    People's 
Societies,  and  $213,772,  of  total  contributions. 

Congregations — 79  have  pastors,  four  cong-regations  and  one  mission 
station  are  supplied  by  unsettled  ministers,  and  one  by  a  pastor,  one, 
Oakland,  Cal.,  was  organized  into  a  congregation  by  a  commission  of  Col- 
orado presbytery,  Jan.  27,  1909;  two  were  disorganized;  Holmwood,  Kan- 
sas presbytery,  August  23,  1908,  and  Canon  City,  Colorado  presbytery, 
March  24,  1909.       The  number  is  114 — one  less  than  last  year. 

Mission  Stations. — The  number  is  seven,  three  more  than  reported 
a  year  ago.  Holmwood  and  Canon  City,  having  been  disorganized  as 
congregations,  are  reported  as  Mission  Stations;  Content,  Canada,  is 
reported  by  Colorado  Presbytery  in  this  list. 

Ministers. — There  were  one  ordination,  two  ordinations  and  instal- 
lations, 5  installations,  4  dissolutions  of  the  pastoral  relation,  one  dis- 
mission on  certificate  of  standing.       An  increase  of  two. 

John  Coleman  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  New  Concord 
congregation  by  Ohio  presbytery,  September  2,  1908.  Robert  W.  Piper 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  Jonathan's  Creek  congregation,  by  a 
commission  of  the  same  presbytery  on  October  10,  1908.  Robert  E. 
Willson  was  ordained  to  go  as  a  missionary  to  Syria  at  Sharon  by  Iowa 
presbytery  on  September  10,  1908.  S.  G.  Shaw  was  installed  pastor 
of  West  Hebron  congregation  by  a  commission  of  New  York  presbytery, 
February  23,  1909.  R.  C.  Reed  by  the  same  presbytery,  pastor  of  Cam- 
bridge congregation,  on  April  20,1909;  James  T.  Mitchell  pastor  of  Beu- 
lah  congregation,  Kansas  presljytery,  June  24th,  1908.  E.  L.  McKnight, 
July  28th,  1908,  pastor  of  Olathe  congregation  same  presbytery,  and  J. 
G.  McElhinney,  pastor  of  Quinter  congregation  same  presbytery  Octo- 
ber 16th,  1908. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  W.  A.  Paden  and  Holmwood  congre- 
gation was  dissolved  by  Kansas  presbytery,  on  August  25th,  1908;  be- 
tween G.  W.  Benn  and  Cambridge  congregation  by  New  York  pres- 
bytery, on  October  27th,  1908;  between  J.  S.  Martin  and  New  Castle  con- 
gregation, by  Pittsburg  presbytery,  January  26th,  1909;  between  R.  C. 
Reed  and  Walton  congregation,  April  20,  1909;  between  R.  C.  Wylie 
and  Wilkinsburg  congregation,  October  13,  1908. 
Three  pastors  have  double  charges. 

Of  the  ministers  without  charges,  4  are  stated  supplies,  11  are  for- 
eign missionaries,  2  are  laboring  under  the  direction  of  the  Central 
Board,  3"  are  Professors  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  3  in  Geneva  Col- 
lege, 2  are  engaged  in  reform  work,  one  in  Sabbath  School  work,  one  in 
Testimony  Bearing,  one  is  Field  Secretary  of  Jewish  Mission  Work,  4  are 
unable  to  engage  actively  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  6  are  engaged  for 
part  of  the  time  in  secular  callings.  The  time  of  the  others  is  at  the 
disposal  of  Synod. 

Communicants. — Kansas,  Colorado,  and  Rochester  Presbyteries,  the 
Chinese  mission  and  40  congregations  report  a  net  increase,  the  other 
Presbyteries,  52  congregations  and  the  Syrian  mission  a  net 
decrease,  13  make  no  report,  and  8  the  same  number  as  last  year.  The 
returns  from  two  are  estimated,  or  taken  from  the  last  year's  report. 
There  is  a  net  decrease  of  68  of  the  church  in  America. 

Contributions. — An  increase  of  contributions  is  reported  in  the 
southern  mission  of  $335;  Indian,  $469;  Theological  Seminary,  $25; 
Church  Erection,  $7,462;  Testimony  Bearing,  $534;  Salaries,  $2,503;  total, 
$280.  A  decrease  in  the  Syrian  Mission  of  $3,207;  Chinese,  $971;  Home, 
$2,236;  Jewi.sh,  $426;  Sustentation,  $10;  National  Reform,  $394;  Aged 
Ministers'  Fund,  $166;  Widows  and  Orphans'  fund,  $578,  and  Miscel- 
laneous   $4,309. 

The  number  of  parsonages  is  the  same  as  reported  last  year,  23. 

J.  W.  SPROULL,  Stated  Clerk. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH 


REPORTS  OF  PRESBYTERIES.  * 

REPORT  OF  COLORADO  PRESBYTERY. 

Colorado  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report:  We  have  held  one 
regular  meeting-,  and  one  pro-re-nata  meeting  during  the  year. 

We  have  ten  ministerial  members  on  our  roll,  some  of  whom  are 
pastors,  J.  T.  Wilson  and  J.  M.  Armour,  are  superannuated,  H.  B.  Mc- 
Millan, is  laboring  under  the  auspices  of  the  Weld  county,  Colorado, 
S.  S.  Association.      We  have  eight  congregations  under  our  care. 

The  call  from  La  Junta  on  E.  A.  Crooks  has  been  accepted. 

Canon  City  Congregation  was  disorganized  March  26th,  1909,  Oak- 
land  Congregation  was  organized  January   27th,   1909. 

Matthew   McMillan,   a   second  year  student   in  theology,   is   under  our 
care. 

The  salary  of  Kate  McBurney,  our  Missionary  to  China,  is  paid  in 
full. 

In  regard  to  the  work  at  Oakland,  we  deem  it  wise  to  carry  on  the 
Chinese  school  separate  from  that  of  the  congregation,  and  that  a 
suitable  person  be  chosen  to  superintend  the  Chinese  work,  the  school 
to  be  under  the  care  of  the  minister  in  charge  of  the  congregation. 

For  this  Mission  we  ask  the  sum  of  $850. 

W.  C.  Allen  is  appointed  stated  supply  of  Oakland  congregation 
until  the  fall  meeting  of  PresbyterJ^ 

Content  and  Canon  City,  are  our  Mission  Stations.  Regina,  Can- 
ada is   also   a  promising  field   calling  for  help. 

J.  M.  Armour  is  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Control  for  aid; 
also  Miss  Anna  George,  daughter  of  Rev.  W.  F.  George. 

Our  traveling  fund  is  full. 

We  ask  Synod  for  the  re-establishment  of  a  Bureau  to  keep  in 
touch  with  members  of  our  church  moving  from  the  bounds  of  their 
home  congregations,  and  that  T.  M.  Slater,  be  appointed  to  have  charge 
of   this   work. 

I.  A.  Blackwood  is  chairman  of  committee  on  Supplies. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  -C.   FRENCH,   Clerk 

REPORT   OF   THE   ILLINOIS    PRESBYTERY. 

During  the  last  year  we  have  held  two  regular  meeting.  We  have 
nine  congregations  under  our  care,  six  of  which  have  settled  pastors. 
The  Rev.  D.  C.  Mathews  resigned  his  pastoral  charge  of  Princeton  con- 
gregation May  27,  1909,  having  accepted  the  call  of  the  Old  Bethel 
congregation.  He  is  to  be  installed  soon  by  the  Ad  Interim  Commission. 
We  have  10  ordained  ministers.  On  account  of  advanced  age,  the 
Rev.  D.  S.  Faris  is  not  actively  engaged  in  any  ministerial  work.  The 
Rev.  E.  A.  Crooks  has  been  certified  to  the  Colorado  Presbytery.  The 
Rev.  J.  G.  Reed  as  superintendent  of  our  Southern  Mission  has  re- 
signed and  his  full  time  is  at  the  disposal  of  Synod. 

The  usual  days  of  Thanksgiving  and  Fasting  were  observed  by  all 
of  our  congregations.  Our  traveling  fund  is  paid  in  full.  W.  S.  Ful- 
ton is  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Supplies.  The  Rev.  D.  S. 
Faris  and  Miss  Anna  George  are  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Control 
for  their  share  of  its  funds.  We  ask  for  the  fll  time  of  one  laborer. 
G.  W.  Benn  was  received  by  certificate  on  May  27,  1909,  from  New 
York   Presbytery. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.  J.   JOHNSTON,   Clerk. 


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REPORT  OF  IOWA  PRESBYTERY. 

Iowa  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report  that  since  the  last  meet- 
ing of  Synod  we  have  held  only  one  meeting,  the  Interim  Commission 
being  able  to  attend  to  all  business  requiring  immediate  attention. 
There  are  nine  congregations  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery,  four 
of  which,  Hickory  Grove,  Vernon,  Washington  and  Lake  Reno,  are 
without  pastors.  There  are  ten  ordained  ministers  on  the  roll,  five 
of  which  are  without  pastoral  charge:  J.  A.  Black,  of  Chicago;  J.  M. 
Littlejohn,  who  is  engaged  in  secular  pursuits  in  Chicago;  W.  M.  Robb, 
missionary  to  China;  Robert  E.  Wilson,  missionary  to  Syria,  and  J.  R. 
W.  Stevenson,  who  was  released  from  the  care  of  Lake  Reno  congre- 
gation by  the  Interim  Commission  of  the  Presbytery  May  4th,  last.  Two 
students  of  theology  are  under  the  care  of  Presbytery:  H.  S.  Mc- 
Conaughy,  who  has  completed  his  second  year  in  the  Seminary.  On 
September  9th,  he  appeared  before  the  Presbytery  and  received  the 
special  license  to  preach  and  teach  authorized  by  the  Synod  of  last  year. 
On  May  4th,  last,  he  was  given  a  regular  license  to  preach  by  the  In- 
terim Commission  of  the  Presbytery.  Also  Frank  Allen  who  has 
completed  his  first  year  at  the  Seminary  and  on  May  4th,  last,  was  given 
the  special  license  authorized  by  Synod  of  last  year  by  the  Interim 
Commission   of  the  Presbytery. 

In  harmony  with  your  instructions  Robert  E.  Wilson  was  ordained 
to  the  gospel  ministry  at  Sharon,  September  10th,  1908,  and  his  name 
appears  on  our  ministerial  roll.  He  has  been  sent  by  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  to  Mersina,  Asia  Minor. 

Our  statistical  report  was  forwarded  in  due  time  to  Synod's  Stated 
Clerk.  One  student  of  theology,  H.  S.  McConaughy,  is  recommended 
to  the  Board  of  Control  for  aid  from  the  Student's  Aid  Fund,  and  Misses 
Emily  and  Juliet  Cannon,  of  Morning  Sun,  for  a  share  in  the  fund  for 
Widows  and  Children  of  deceased  ministers. 

T.  C.  Sproull  is  appointed  as  stated  supply  for  Hickory  Grove  for 
four  months.  The  full  time  of  J.  R.  W.  Stevenson  and  the  time  of 
H.  S.  McConaughy  till  Seminary  opens  is  at  the  disposal  of  Synod. 

Presbytery  asks  for  the  full  time  of  one  and  one-half  laborers  for 
the   coming  year. 

Our  traveling  fund  is  full. 

J.  S.  McGaw  is  chairman  of  the  Interim  Commission.  G.  A.  Ed- 
gar is  chairman  of  the  Interim  Committee  of  Supplies. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.  TURNER  FOSTER,  Clerk. 

REPORT    OF    KANSAS    PRESBYTERY. 

The  Kansas  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report:  Since  the  last 
meeting  of  Synod  Kansas  Presbytery  has  held  one  regular  meeting,  and 
five  meetings  by  Commission. 

We  have  eighteen  congregations  and  one  Mission  Station  under  our 
care.  On  the  roll  of  our  Presbytery  there  are  eighteen  ministers, 
and  four  licentiates.  Licentiate  S.  M.  Morrow  who  completed  his 
theological  course  a  year  ago,  has  been  attending  Princeton  the  last 
year;  Licentiates  J.  D.  Edgar  and  W.  A.  Aikin,  finished  their  course  in 
the  seminary  this  year.  J.  D.  Edgar  has  been  engaged  by  W.  W.  Mc- 
Carroll  to  teach  in  the  mission  school  in  Cyprus.  T.  C.  McKnight,  a 
student  of  Theology,  having  completed  his  first  term  in  the  seminary, 
was  licensed  at  Denison,-  Kansas,  May  12th,  1909.  Of  our  ministers, 
ten  are  pastors,  two  are  stated  supplies,  one  a  missionary  in  Syria,  and 


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five  are   without  charge.       J.   G.   McElhinney  was   received  from   Pitts- 
burg Presbytery,  and  A.  A.  Samson  from  Ohio  Presbytery. 

J.  T.  Mitchell  was  installed  pastor  of  Beulah  Congregation  June  24, 
1908. 

B.  L.  McKnight  was  installed  pastor  of  Olathe  Congregation  July 
28,    1908. 

J.  G.  McElhinney  was  installed  pastor  of  Quinter  Congregation  Oc- 
tober 16,  1908.  R.  A.  Paden  was  at  his  own  request  given  a  letter  of 
standing  April  10th,  1909.  A.  A.  Samson  was  installed  pastor  of  To- 
peka  Congregation  April  16th,  1909. 

There  are  stated  supplies  at  Cache  Creek  Congregation  and  at  Lieb 
Mission  Station.  Nine  of  our  congregations  have  pastors;  eight  are 
vacant. 

A  call  from  Kansas  City  on  Licentiate  Elmer  Russell  has  been 
accepted,  and  arrangements  have  been  made  for  his  ordination,  and  in- 
stallation in  the  near  future. 

A  call  is  pending  on  Licentiate  W.  A.  Aikin  from  Eskridge. 

So  far  as  is  known  to  us  the  usual  days  of  Thanksgiving  and  Fast- 
ing were  observed  in  all  our  congregations.  Possible  applicants  for 
aid  from  the  Board  of  Control  are  D.  H.  Coulter  fro.m  Aged  Ministers' 
fund    and    T.    C.    McKnight    from    the    students'    Aid    Fund. 

The  whole  time  of  J.  W.  Dill,  Isaiah  Faris,  G.  R.  McBurney,  James 
McCune,  W.  C.  Paden  and  Licentiate  W.  A.  Aikin  from  June  to  Au- 
gust inclusive,  and  the  time  of  T.  C.  McKnight  for  May,  1910,  is  at 
the  disposal  of  Synod. 

We  ask  the  time  ot  five  men  for  the  coming  year. 

Our  Traveling  Fund  is  reported  full. 

W.  T.  K.  Thompson  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on  Supplies. 

Our  Statistical  report  was  forwarded  to  Synod's  Stated  Clerk  in 
due  time. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

E.  L.  Mcknight,  cierk. 

REPORT  OF  N.  B.  AND  N.   S.   PRESBYTERY. 

The  Presbytery  of  N.  B.  and  N.  S.  would  respectfully  report  that 
we  have  held  one  meeting  during  the  year. 

We  have  three  congregations,  two  of  which  are  without  pastors. 
The  congregation  of  St.  John  asks  for  supply  of  the  pulpit  during  the 
year,   and   $400   aid   to   help   to   pay   the   same. 

The  congregation  of  Barnsville  asks  for  supply  during  four  months 
in  the  summer,  and  aid  to  the  amount  of  $10  a  week  for  the  time 
they  have   preaching. 

We  recommend  Mrs.  Margaret  Lawson  to  the  Board  of  Control  for 
her  share   in   the   Widows   and   Orphans'   fund. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

R.  A.   H.  MORROW,   Clerk. 

THE  REPORT   OF  THE   NEW   YORK  PRESBYTERY. 

New  York  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report: 
During  the  year  we  have  had  two  regular  meetings  and  one  meet- 
ing pro-re-nata. 

On  February  23,  1909,  S.  G.  Shaw  was  received  from  Ohio  Presby- 


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tery  and  installed  pastor  of  West  Hebron  congregation.  On  April  20, 
1909,  R.  C.  Reed  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of  Walton  congre- 
gation and  installed  pastor  of  Cambridge  congregation.  A  call  from 
the  Kansas  City  congregation  upon  licentiate,  Elmer  Russell  has  been 
accepted,  and  Mr.  Russell  certified  to  Kansas  Presbytery.  T.  A.  Mc- 
Elwain  has  been  certified  to  Pittsburg  Presbytery.  On  October  27,  1908, 
G.  W.  Benn  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of  Cambridge  congre- 
gation, and   has  since  been   certified  to  the  Illinois   Presbytery. 

Nineteen  congregations  are  under  our  care  of  which  six  are  with- 
out pastors.  These  are  Craftsbury,  Kortright,  Mont  Clair,  Fourth 
New  York,  Ryegate  and  Walton.  D.  C.  Faris  is  stated  supply  at  Rye- 
gate.  Fourth  New  York  has  issued  a  call  upon  J.  S.  McGaw.  We 
enroll  nineteen  ministers,  of  whom  thirteen  are  pastors,  three  are  in 
the  foreign  mission  field,  one  is  disabled,  one  is  engaged  in  secular 
work,  and  one  is  filling  appointments.  We  have  one  theological  stu- 
dent. 

The  following  persons  are  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Control: 
John  M.  Rutherford,  for  a  share  in  the  Students'  Aid  Fund,  Miss  Lizzie 
Williams  and  Mrs.  Rosamond  Johnston  for  share  in  fund  for  Widows 
and  Orphans,  and,  at  the  initiative  of  Presbytery.  W.  M.  George  for 
participation   in   the  Aged   Ministers'   fund. 

The  whole  time  of  S.  R.  Wallace  is  at  the  disposal  of  Synod.       We  re- 
quire  the  time   of  two   laborers. 

R.  C.  Reed  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on  supplies 

Our  statistical   report  was  forwarded   in   due   time. 

Our  Traveling  Fund   is  full. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

SAMUEL  G.  SHAW,  Clerk  pro  tern. 

REPORT    OF.   OHIO    PRESBYTERY. 

Ohio   Presbytery  would   respectfully  report: 

There  are  thirteen  congregations,  and  one  mission  station  under 
our  care.  These  congregations  have  a  membership  of  823.  Three  of 
the  congregations  are  without  a  pastor.  Three  of  our  ordained  min- 
isters,  and  one   licentiate  are  without  charges. 

The  full  time  of  Lewis  Meyer,  being  taken  up  in  religious  work 
in  behalf  of  the  Jews,  he  does  not  wish  any  appointments  from  the 
committee  of  supplies. 

E.  C.  Mitchell  is  one  of  our  missionaries  in   China. 

R.  A.  Blair  is  at  present  lecturing  in  the  interests  of  the  mission 
in   China  under  the  direction  of  the  foreign   mission  board. 

The  full  time  of  Bruce  Elsey  is  at  the  disposal  of  the  Synod.  The 
Presbytery  has  had  one  regular  meeting  during  the  year.  John  Cole- 
man was  ordained  and  installed  over  New  Concord  congregation,  Sep- 
tember  2,    1908. 

Robert  W.  Piper  was  ordained  and  installed  over  Jonathan's  Creek 
congregation,   October  16,  1908. 

W.  J.  McBurney  was  installed  over  Fair  Grove  May  21,  1909. 

Mrs.  K.  E.  Smith,  Mrs.  Susan  Love  and  Mrs.  Walter  Wilson  have 
been  recommended  for  aid  from  the  Widows  and  Orphans'  fund. 

Presbyterj^  asks  for  the  full  time  of  one  laborer. 

D.  O.  Jack  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on  supplies. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

H.  G.  PATTERSON,  Clerk. 


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REPORT   OF^  PITTSBURG  PRESBYTERY. 

Pittsburg  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report: 

During  the  year  one  special  and  two  regular  meetings  were  held. 
The  following  are  the  changes  in  the  roll:  T.  A.  McElwain  was  re- 
ceived from  New  York  Presbytery  and  W.  H.  George  from  Iowa  Pres- 
bytery; E.  L.  McKnight  and  J.  G.  McElhinney  were  transferred  to 
Kansas  Presbytery;  Licentiate  John  Coleman  was  certified  to  Ohio 
Presbytery. 

The  following  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  pastoral  relations: 
R.  C.  Wylie  was  released  from  the  Wilkinsburg  congregation  to  ac- 
cept a  professorship  in  the  Seminary  on  October  13,  1908;  J.  S.  Mar- 
tin was  released  from  the  New  Castle  congregation  on  January  26, 
1909  to  engage  in  National  Reform  work;  B.  M.  Sharp  was  released 
from  McKeesport  and  Monongahela  congregation  on  May  11,   1909. 

The  names  of  42  ministers  appear  on  our  roll.  Of  these  twenty  are 
pastors,  two  having  double  charges,  two  are  foreign  missionaries,  three 
are  professors  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  three  are  professors  in 
the  college,  two  are  engaged  in  National  Reform  work,  one  is  engaged  in 
Testimony  Bearing  work  and  five  are   living  in   retirement. 

No    students    were    licensed    during   the   year.        Our   licentiates    are 
Paul  Coleman,  Frank  D.  Fraser,  Walter  C.  McClurkin,  Owen  F.  Thomp- 
son, A.  A.  Johnston,  Raymond  D.  Taggart  and  W.  M.  Milroy. 
The  full  time  of  the  following  is  at  the  disposal  of  Synod: 

R.  J.  Dodds,  A.  J.  McFarland,  F.  D.  Fraser,  W.  C.  McClurkin,  Paul 
Coleman,  Owen  F.  Thompson,  A.  A.  Johnston,  R.  D.  Taggart,  R.  C. 
Allen,  T.  J.  Allen,  J.  F.  Crozier,  T.  A.  McElwain,  J.  L.  McCartney,  T.  C. 
Sproull,   B.    M.    Sharp. 

Presbytery   asks   full   time   of   two   laborers. 

J.  S.  Thompson  is  chairman  of  the  committee  of  supplies. 

Our  quota  to  Synod's  Traveling  Fund  is  full. 

Our  statistical  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  Synod 
at   the    proper   time. 

The  following  were  referred  to  Board  of  Control:  Mrs.  Charles  Clyde, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Taylor,  Mrs.  Nancy  Reed  and  Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Faris. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.J.McKNIGHT, Clerk. 

REPORT  OF  PHILADELPHIA  PRESBYTERY. 

The  Philadelphia  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report: 

During  the  year  two  regular  meetings  were  held.  At  the  meeting 
held  May  4,  1909,  Mr.  E.  J.  Feuersohn  was  ordained  to  the  office  of  the 
ministry.  At  the  same  meeting,  Mr.  Fred  B.  Limerick,  student  of 
Theology,  was,  at  his  own  request,  dismissed  from  the  care  of  Presby-^ 
tery.       AVe  have  three  congregations,   each   supplied  with   a  pastor. 

A  National  Reform  convention,  arranged  by  a  committee  from  the 
three  congregations,  was  held  on  April  20,  afternoon  and  evening. 
The  program,  in  part,  is  as  follows:  Afternoon  session — Address,  "The 
Lord's  Day  and  the  National  Welfare";  address,  "The  Christian  Refor- 
mation of  Our  Divorce  Laws";  evening  session — Address,  "A  Christian 
Government  and  the  War  System  of  the  World";  address.  "The  Bible 
in  the  Public  Schools." 

These    subjects    were    ably    discussed    by    those    to    whom    they    had 


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been  previously  assigned.  At  each  of  the  sessions,  there  was  also 
general  discussion,  and  the  adoption  of  resolutions,  in  which  the  Fun- 
damental Principles  of  the  National  Reform  Association  and  the  neces- 
sity of  a  Christian  Amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States, 
were    strongly   emphasized. 

In  response  to  an  appeal  for  help  for  the  Refugees  in  Syria  and  Asia 
Minor,  our  three  congregations  made  an  offering  of  nearly  one  thous- 
and dollars. 

The  Third  church  has  pledged  over  one  thousand  dollars  for  City 
Mission  work,  and  has  a  Missionary  now  in  the  field.  Work  in  all 
the   congregations   is  encouraging. 

Our  Statistical  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  Synod. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  C.   MONTGOMERY,  Clerk. 


REPORT    OF    ROCHESTER    PRESBYTERY. 

Rochester  Presbytery  would  respectfully  report: 

We  have  held  two  regular  meetings  during  the  last  year.  On 
May  4,  1909,  W.  J.  McCullough  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of  the 
Lisbon  congregation.  This  release  was  given  at  the  request  of  Mr. 
McCullough  because  of  sickness  in  his  home  which  was  making  neces- 
sary an  indefinite  absence  from  his  work. 

There  are  five  congregations  under  our  care,  and  there  is  one 
Mission  Station.  One  congregation  is  without  a  iiastor.  We  have 
two  ministers  without  charge,  Wm.  McFarland  and  W.  J.  McCullough. 
The  full  time  of  both  is  at  the  disposal  of  Synod. 

Robert  Park  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  on  May  4,  1909,  at 
Syracuse,  New  York,  his  time  for  the  summer  months  is  at  the  dis- 
posal of  Synod.  We  recommend  him  to  the  Board  of  Control  for  share 
in  the  Students'  Aid  Fund. 

We  ask  for  the  half  time  of  one  laborer.  We  report  our  Traveling 
Fund  in  full.  Our  statistical  report  has  been  forwarded  to  the 
Stated  Clerk. 

J.  R.  Latimer  is  the  chairman  of  our  Committee  on  Supplies. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN    YATES,    Clerk. 

The   following  paper   was   read   and   referred   to   the   Com- 
mittee on  Discipline : 

The  Kansas  Presbytery  directed  the  Moderator  to  move  that  Synod 
direct  Kansas  Presbytery  to  proceed  with  the  ordination  of  J.  D.  Ed- 
gar, who  goes  to  Cyprus  as  a  teacher  in  the  Mission  School. 

The  following  resolution  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Discipline : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  taken  by  the  Synod  of  1877,  concerning 
preaching  by  ministers  of  other  denominations  in  our  pulpits,  be  reaf- 
firmed, and  that  the  attention  of  pastors  and  sessions  be  called  to 
this   action. 


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The  Board  of  Corporators  of  Geneva  College  presented 
their  report,  transmitting  to  Synod  the  report  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  both  of  which  were  read  and  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Theological  Seminary  and  Education  and  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance. 

The  Mission  Conference  made  a  partial  report,  which  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

The  further  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  National  Reform  was  made  the  special  order  of  the  dav  for 
Monday,  at  lo  A.  M. 

The  Committee  on  Young  People's  Societies  reported.  The 
report  was  received  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  OF   YOUNG  PEOPLE'S   SOCIETIES. 

According  to  the  records  of  last  year,  we  have  60  young  people's 
societies  with  an  enrollment  of  1,951.  This  number  is  exclusive  of 
Junior  organizations  and  mission  bands.  53  congregations  are  there- 
fore without  a  young  people's  organization.  A  number  of  conditions 
enter  into  the  no-society  problem.  In  some  of  our  congregations  the 
fewness  of  the  young  people,  together  with  their  scattered  condition, 
render  an  organization  impracticable  if  not  impossible.  In  others, 
where  excellent  opportunities  exist,  the  absence  of  an  organization  is 
due  to  a  lack  of  leadership.  In  others  still,  an  effort  is  made  to  erase 
the  line  of  demarcation  between  the  young  and  the  old,  and  to  harmon- 
ize the  work  of  all  ages  together.  While  the  success  of  this  plan  may 
be  satisfactory  in  one  congregation,  it  will  utterly  fail  in  another,  be- 
cause the  difference  and  inexperience  of  the  young  naturally  causes  them 
to  shrink  from  taking  an  active  part  in  the  presence  of  their  superiors 
in  age  and  experience. 

The  young  people's  society  is  one  of  the  recruiting  stations  of  the 
church.  The  earlier  the  training  and  discipline  begin,  and  the  more 
thorough  the  work  on  the  drill  ground,  the  more  efficient  soldiers  of 
the   cross   there   will   be   in    the   regular   army. 

By  correspondence  with  these  various  stations  a  healthful  condition 
was  gnerally  found  to  exist.  The  sons  and  daughters  of  the  church 
are  drilling.  Some,  it  is  true,  seem  to  be  encamped  on  The  Enchanted 
Ground  whose  air  tends  to  make  one  drowsy,  but  the  larger  number 
appear  to  be  wakeful  and  progressive. 

Many  lines  of  study  have  been  taken  up  during  the  year.  Some 
have  studied  the  Testimony,  some  the  Confession  of  Faith,  some  our 
distinctive  principles,  others  the  Covenant  of  '71,  and  other  still  followed 
a  course  of  systematic  Bible  study.  The  societies  which  have  en- 
gaged in  some  such  study  report  that  Christian  giving  and  loyalty  to 
the  church  is  increasing,  or  is  already  to  a  high  degree  satisfactory.  No 
society  reported  that  loyalty  to  our  church  was  on  the  decrease.  The 
indications  are  that  there  is  constant  growth  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

There  are  two  lines  of  work  which  should  engage  the  attention  of 
all   our  youth:    namely,   missionary   and   reform. 


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First,  the  missionary:  During  the  past  year  there  were  reported 
16  missionary  study  classes,  witli  a  total  enrollment  of  323,  holding  in 
all  about  160  sessions.  In  addition  to  these  a  special  study  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  number  of  ladies'  missionary  societies,  which  are  aside  from 
the  province  of  this  report.  The  text  books  used  were  as  follows: 
"The  Unfinished  Task,"  "The  Moslem  World,"  "Aliens  or  Americans," 
"The  Uplift  of  China,"  "The  Challenge  of  the  City,"  "Princely  Men  in 
the  Heavenly  Kingdom,"  and  the  "Missionary  Reports  of  Synod."  In 
the  majority  of  cases  these  classes  were  led  by  the  pastor.  All  reported 
beneficial  results  as  follows:  a  greater  knowledge  of  the  world's  need," 
"Added  Zeal  for  the  Cause  of  Christ,"  "Increased  Responsibility," 
"Prayer,"  "Liberality,"  "Information,"  "Inspiration"  and  "Consecration," 
etc.  The  fruits  of  such  a  study  amply  justify  the  effort  and  the  mis- 
sion study  class  should  be  encouraged. 

A  number  of  societies  report  work  done  along  evangelistic  lines. 
Some  in  connection  with  the  Sabbath  School,  both  in  mission  stations 
and  in  their  own  congregations;  some  in  personal  work,  and  others  in 
special  evangelistic  services,  where  splendid  results  were  obtained.  The 
effort  in  this  department  of  work  is  not  yet  all  we  should  desire.  The 
majority  of  societies  report  nothing  done  along  these  lines,  while  all 
around  them  are  immortal  souls  "without  God  and  without  hope  in 
the  world."  There  is  need  here  that  pastors,  and  other  efficient  leaders, 
shall  concentrate  the  organized  effort  of  the  youth  upon  soul  saving 
at  home,  as  well  as  in  foreign  lands. 

Second,  Reform:  The  constitutional  disloyalty  of  our  nation  to 
the  King  of  kings  has  every  where  sown  the  seeds  of  spiritual  death. 
The  ignoring  of  Christ  and  His  Word  from  our  fundamental  law,  has 
given  rise  to  the  enactment  of  statute  laws  in  dishonor  to  our  ruling 
Lord.  A  vast  amount  of  literature  has  been  published  by  the  National 
Reform  Association  and  Our  Testimony  Bearing  committee  designed  to 
educate  the  people  on  these  vital  questions.  A  number  of  societies 
report  the  distribution  of  tracts,  temperance  posters,  and  other  lit- 
erature along  reform  lines.  It  is  a  work  that  all  our  young  people 
can  do,  and  a  special  literature  or  reform  committee  can  do  much 
in    advancing   the    interests    of    the    Kingdom. 

Furthermore  there  is  a  field  of  opportunity  in  arranging  for  con- 
ventions and  conferences  along  the  lines  of  reform.  A  man  with  a 
message  can  be  found  ready  to  present  it  wherever  the  way  is  open 
to  receive   it. 

While  work  has  been  done  along  these  lines,  and  while  some  societies 
have  nobly  served  the  Master  in  these  fields,  we  would  not  overlook  the 
fact  that  many  societies  report  nothing  done  along  either  of  the  lines 
referred  to  above. 

Some  one  has  said  that  there  are  three  classes  in  the  church:  the 
workers,  the  shirkers  and  the  jerkers.  The  workers  are  the  ones  who 
can  always  be  depended  upon  whenever  there  is  special  work  to  be 
done.  The  shirkers  are  those  who  "never  have  time,"  and  the  jerkers 
are  the  ones  who  will  push  very  enthusiastically  until  the  new  wears 
off,  and  then  they  take  for  the  nearest  shade  tree  to  rest.  We  be- 
lieve that  the  majority  of  our  youth  are  worker^,  and  many  are  ready 
to  fall  into  the  ranks  whenever  the  leader  gives  the  orders  to  march, 
and  goes  on  before  them  himself. 

We  would  recommend: 

1.  That  our  young  people  be  encouraged  to  undertake  something 
definite  along-  the  lines  of  evangelistic  work. 

2.  That  the  distribution  of  reform  literature  be  commended. 


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3.  That  pastors  and  sessions  commend  and  encourage  the  organi- 
zation of  mission  study  classes. 

4.  That  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  suggest  a  text  book  for 
mission  study  for  the  coming  year. 

5.  That  the  following  special  subjects  be  studied  in  place  of  the  reg- 
ular topics  on  the  dates  mentioned  below: 

September  26,  Psalms  versus  uninspired  hymns  in  worship,  Ps.  95: 
2;   Col.  3:    16.       "Psalms  versus  hymns"  is  recommended  for  this  study. 

October  24,  the  human  voice  versus  instruments  of  music  in  praise. 
Heb.  13:    15. 

We  would  recommend  for  this  study  the  tract  No.  11,  "Instrumental 
Music  in  the  Worship  of  God." 

November  28,  the  Church  versus  the  lodge.  Eph.  5:  11.  Tract 
No.  14. 

December  19,  the  relation  of  the  Christian  to  the  ballot  box.  II.  Cor- 
6:    17,   18.   Tract  No.   5. 

6.  That  pastors  make  special  preparation  in  view  of  making  these 
special  subjects  popular  with  our  youth.  And  that  the  committee  for 
next  year  ascertain  to  what  extent  these  recommendations  have  been 
carried   out. 

D.  H.  ELLIOTT, 
T.   S.   TRUMBULL, 
G.   R.   STEELE, 
W.   O.  FERGUSON. 

The  Committee  on  Sabbath   Schools  reported.     The  report 
was  received,  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 
Items  I  to  4  were  adopted. 
The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and'  is  as  follows : 

THE  SABBATH  SCHOOL. 

1.  The  School.  The  Sabbath  school  occupies  a  unique  place  in  the 
church's  work.  It  is  not  a  prayermeeting,  not  a  missionary  service, 
not  a  preaching  service.  Its  place  is  not  filled  by  the  sermon,  not  even 
by  the  expository  sermon.  It  is  the  only  opportunity  that  the  congre- 
gation has  for  direct,  informal,  conference  concerning  the  truths  of  the 
Bible.  It  is  the  congregation's  Bible  School.  It  is  a  place  for  inquiry, 
for  study,  for  familiar  intercourse  between  teacher  and  pupil.  The  Sab- 
bath school  is  a  body  divided  into  little  organized  groups  for  the  study 
of  the  way  of  life.  It  is  a  training  school  for  congregational  member- 
ship and  work,  for  the  church  at  large,  and  for  the  world. 

2.  The  Superintendent.  The  superintendent  need  not  be  a  highly 
educated  man,  nor  a  fluent  talker,  but  he  does  need  to  be  a  spiritual 
man,  a  man  well-informed  in  the  Scriptures,  a  man  of  prayer,  a  man 
of  system  and  business  ability,  and  a  man  of  tact  and  common  sense. 
To  be  able  to  announce  a  Psalm,  to  read  a  portion  of  Scripture,  and  to 
lead  in  prayer,  are  not  the  full  requisites  of  a  good  superintendent. 
There  are  some  most  excellent  superintendents,  but  one  reason  why 
others  do  not  succeed  so  well  is  that  they  are  not  so  interested,  per- 
sistent, and  aggressive  in  their  Sabbath  School  work  as  they  are  in 
their  daily  business.  In  fact  some,  yes  many,  superintendents  would 
fail  in  their  ordinary  business,  if  it  were  prosecuted  in  the  same  way 


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as  that  in  which  they  conduct  their  Sabbath  School  work.  This  po- 
sition, however,  in  the  school,  is  one  with  peculiar  difficulties,  and  the 
superintendent  should  be  heartily  sustained  by  the  prayer  and  co-op- 
eration of  his  fellow-workers. 

3.  The  Text-Book.  The  one  great  text-book  of  the  school  is  the 
Bible;  not  the  quarterly,  not  the  religious  paper.  The  school  is  not  a 
place  for  the  study  of  geography,  or  history,  or  orientalisms,  although 
these  must  receive  subordinate  attention  because  of  their  relation  to 
the  meaning  of  the  Bible.  No  other  text-book,  of  course,  can  equal  it 
in  accuracy,  profundity,  or  importance.  Its  meaning  cannot  be  grasped 
by  a  cursory  reading  in  the  class,  nor  by  a  fifteen-minute  study  at  home. 
He  who  will  comprehend  it  must  spend  time.       He  who  digs  will  get. 

We  urge  our  children  to  careful  and  prolonged  preparation  for  the 
public  school,  but  we  do  not  so  require  them  to  get  ready  for  the  Bible 
school.  The  superficial  study  so  often  given  to  the  Sabbath  School 
lesson  is  discreditable  to  ourselves  and  disrespectful  to  the  Word  of  God. 

4.  The  Exercises.  The  Sabbath  School  is  not  a  place  for  the  prac- 
tice of  music,  for  the  exhibition  of  children,  or  for  long  talks,  but  for 
devotion  and  study.  Opening  and  closing  exercises  should  be  brief 
and  varied.  A  long  prayer  hurts  the  Sabbath  School  even  more  than 
it  does  the  preaching  service.  When  there  are  many  children,  and 
specially  mission  pupils,  a  brief  selection  of  Psalms  with  but  one  tune 
for  each  selection,  seems  particularly  important.  It  is  hardly  neces- 
sary here  to  refer  to  the  use  of  the  black-board,  chalk  illustrations, 
charts  and  maps.  Some  of  these  suggestions  will  seem  mere  plati- 
tudes; but  it  is  manifest  that  there  is  a  sad  failure  to  employ  these 
methods  persistently  and  thoroughly  in  our  schools. 

That  school,  let  us  recognize  keenly,  cannot  be  a  highly  successful 
school  which  does  not  follow  with  some  degree  of  stedfastness  a  graded 
system.  We  much  fail  here.  We  fail  lamentably.  The  more  or  less 
haphazard  arrangement  of  many  of  our  schools  is  hopelessly  inadequate. 
If  classes  are  not  systematized,  and  pupils  required  to  meet  certain  tests 
of  progress,  much  less  substantial  good  will  be  done. 

Above  everything  else,  as  to  the  nature  of  the  exercises,  a  good, 
solid  thirty  or  forty  minutes  should  be  set  aside  and  guarded  for  quiet 
and  uninterrupted  study  of  the  lesson.  Let  the  man  who  comes  in 
with  a  long  speech  sit  still  in  some  class,  and  learn  with  the  others. 

5.  The  'Teacher.  More  depends  upon  the  teacher  than  upon  any 
other  person  in  the  school.  Good  teachers  are  absolutely  necessary  to 
a  good  school.  The  teacher  should  be  pre-eminently  spiritual,  but 
mere  goodness  does  not  make  a  teacher.  He  should,  like  the  superin- 
tendent, have  intelligence  and  common  sense.  He  should  have  a  fair 
knowledge  of  the  Bible  and  should  be  willing  to  study.  The  person 
who  cannot  find  at  least  an  hour  or  two  during  the  week  for  careful 
study  should  not  assume  charge  of  a  class  of  immortal  souls.  The  in- 
structor who  is  irregular  or  tardy  should  reform  or  resign.  A  man,  or 
woman,  cannot  be  a  teacher  for  merely  one  hour  in  the  week.  He  is 
constantly  teaching  by  example;  and  prayer,  and  plan,  and  study,  should 
receive  frequent   attention. 

The  position  of  teacher  is  most  important,  responsible  and  difficult. 
No  discouraging  words  should  be  uttered  here.  Love  for  God,  for  his 
truth,  and  for  souls,  is  the  most  essential  qualification.  The  teacher 
may  lack  scholarship  and  logic,  and  yet  succeed,  if  he  loves  his  work, 
and  works  out  his  love.  Yet  surely  the  best  qualifications  are  neces- 
sary, and  we  have  a  right  to  insist  that  the  teacher  shall  exercise  care 
and  tact,  and  shall  be  a  man  of  earnest  prayer  and  study. 

6.  The    Pupil.     The    pupil    is    the    focus    of    the    school.        Its    lines 


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radiate  towards  him.  The  superintendent  and  other  officers  are  there,  in  a 
special  sense,  for  his  sake.  The  teacher's  work  is  to  get  the  book 
into  the  boy,  to  work  into  the  fabric  of  his  life  the  living  principles 
of  the  Word.  The  solemn  duty  rests  on  the  teacher  of  trying  to  lead 
his  unconverted  pupil  to  a  definite  acceptance  of  Christ,  and  to  a 
public   profession  of  faith. 

But  the  pupil  is  not  a  sack  to  be  filled  with  oats,  nor  a  shelf  to 
be  filled  with  books.  Early  should  he  be  impressed  with  his  own  re- 
sponsibility. He  must  cC-operate  with  the  teacher.  He  should  be  pres- 
ent on  time  and  every  day  with  his  lesson  prepared;  and  on  these 
things  parent  and  teacher  should  insist.  What  a  startling  revolution 
would  be  wrought  in  our  schools,  if  the  pupils  would  average  one  hour 
a  week  in  careful  preparation  of  the  lesson. 

We  recommend: 

1.  That  pastors,  sessions,  and  superintendents  put  forth  diligent 
effort  to  bring  into  the  Sabbath  School  every  available  person,  either  in 
the  congregation  or  outside,  who  is  not  a  pupil. 

2.  That  the  parent  co-operate  much  more  fully  with  the  teacher 
of  his  children;  in  conference  with  him,  by  instructing  the  child  at 
home,  and  by  requiring  his  regular  and  prompt  attendance  at  school 
and  his  interested  attention  while  there. 

3.  That  we  follow  much  more  thoroughly  and  strictly,  than  we  do 
now,  a  graded  system  in  our  schools. 

4.  That  we  demand  as  high  a  standard  in  the  management,  dis- 
cipline, and  study,  in  the  Sabbath  School,  as  is  found  necessary  in  the 
business  world  and  in  the  public  school. 

T.  H.  ACHESON, 
R.   HARGRAVE, 
J.   C.   B.   FRENCH. 
B.    COPELAND, 
J.  R.  W.  pUGUID. 

The  Committee  on  State  of  Religion  reported.  The  report 
was  received  and  laid  on  the  table. 

D.  H.  Elliott  led  the  daily  devotions. 

Synod  adjourned  to  meet  on  Monday,  at  9  A.  M.  Prayer 
by  B.  M,  Sharp. 


MORNING  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Monday.  May  31st,  9  A.  M.  Synod  convened 
at  the  appointed  hour,  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  H.  H. 
George.  The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer  to 
their  names.  R.  C.  Allen,  R.  K.  Barkley,  E.  I.  Dewey,  D.  H. 
Elliott,  S.  Turner  Foster,  David  Love,  D.  C.  Mathews,  Louis 
Meyer,  M.  M.  Pearce  and  C.  D.  Trumbull. 

The  minutes  of  Saturday  morning's  session  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 


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Members  of  Committee  on  Finance  were  excused  from  roll 
call  this  morning,  and  S.  R.  Wallace  was  excused  from  further 
attendance  on  the  sessions  of  this  Synod. 

The  Mission  Conference  presented  its  completed  report, 
which  was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  consideration. 
Items  I  and  3  w-ere  adopted.  The  report  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Finance. 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  reported.  The  re- 
port was  received  and  laid  on  the  table  that  the  order  of  the  dav 
might  be  taken  up. 

The  courtesies  of  the  floor  were  extended  to  Rev.  Charles 
A.  Blanchard,  President  of  Wheaton  College. 

Unanimous  consent  of  Synod  w^as  requested  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Reform  to  withdraw  Item  3  of  their  report, 
under  discussion  when  the  report  went  to  the  table,  that  they 
might  present  a  substitute.  The  request  was  granted.  The  Com- 
mittee presented  a  substitute  report,  which  was  received  and 
taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 

Item  I.  Pending  the  discussion  of  this  item  the  report  was 
laid  on  the  table,  to  be  the  first  order  of  the  day  this  afternoon. 

Resolved,  That  a  collection  be  taken  at  the  opening  of  the  afternoon 
session,  to  be  divided  between  the  stenographer  and  the  janitor  of 
the  church,  as  the  pastor  may  deem  just. 

The  Committee  on  Secret  Societies  reported.  The  report 
was  received  and  taken  up  for  consideration.  President  Blanch- 
ard,  by  invitation  of  the  Synod,  addressed  the  Court  on  the  sub- 
ject of  this  report.  The  report  was  recommitted  that  an  addi- 
tional item  endorsing  the  National  Christian  Association  might 
be  added. 

S.  A.  S.  Metheny  led  the  daily  devotions. 

Synod  took  recess  until  2  P.  M.     Prayer  by  J.  C.  Slater. 


AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Monday,  May  31st,  2  P.  M.  Synod  reconvened 
at  the  oppointed  hour,  and  was  led  in  prayer  by  J.  E.  Dodds.  The 
calling  of  the  roll  was  dispensed  with. 


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The  minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read  and  approved. 
R  .K.  Barkley  was  excused  from  further  attendance  on  the  ses- 
sions of  the  Court. 

An  offering  amounting  to  $27.00  was  received  for  the 
benefit  of  the  stenographer  and  the  janitor  of  the  church. 

An  invitation  to  hold  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  1910  at 
Winona  Lake  was  received,  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Place  of  Meeting. 

Before  resuming  the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Reform  the  Synod  engaged  in  a  season  of 
prayer,  led  by  S.  J.  Crowe  and  T.  M.  Slater. 

Synod  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Reform. 

The  motion  to  take  up  the  substitute  item  by  item  was  re- 
considered, and  the  substitute  report  was  taken  up  as  a  whole. 

Pending  the  discussion  of  this  report  the  hour  for  adjourn- 
ment arrived. 

Synod  adjourned  until  to-morrow  at  9  A.  M.  Prayer  by  W. 
J.  McKnight. 


MORNING  SESSION.  . 

Same  place,  Tuesday,  June  ist,  9  A.  M.  Synod  met  at  the 
appointed  hour,  and  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  the  Moder- 
ator. The  roll  was  called.  The  following  did  not  answer  to  their 
names :  E.  I.  Duey,  S.  Turner  Foster,  J.  B.  Gilmore,  J.  D. 
Latham,  W.  J.  McCullough,  J.  R.  Latimer,  S.  McNaugher,  Louis 
Meyer,  J.  G.  Reed,  Geo.  C  Robb,  A.  A.  Samson,  T.  P.  Stevenson 
and  W.  W.  Twinam. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  afternoon  session  was  read  and 
approved, 

A.  Kilpatrick  was  excused  from  further  attendance  on  the 
sessions  of  the  Court. 

Synod  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Reform. 

The  call  for  the  previous  question  was  sustained,  and  a  yea 
and  nay  vote  was  ordered.  The  roll  was  called,  with  the  follow- 
insf  result : 


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Voting  yea:  T.  H.  Acheson,  R.  A.  Adams,  R.  P.  Anderson,  W.  G. 
Benn,  J.  A.  Black,  I.  A.  Blackwood,  R.  A.  Blair,  Thomas  Boggs,  J.  W. 
F.  Carlisle,  J.  W.  Cavan,  R.  Clarke,  S.  G.  Conner,  E.  A.  Crooks,  S.  J. 
Crowe,  J.  Boggs  Dodds,  J.  E.  Dodds,  R.  J.  Dodds,  A.  P.  Donahu,  Charles 
Dougall,  G.  A.  Edgar,  Thomas  J.  Edgar,  D.  H.  Elliott,  E.  M.  Elsey,  D. 
S.  Ervin,  M.  G.  Euwer,  W.  O.  Ferguson,  J.  M.  Foster,  H.  H.  George,  W. 
Henry  George,  T.  G.  Graham,  J.  B.  Gilmore,  J.  B.  Grey,  George  N.  Greer, 
James  Greer,  S.  E.  Greer,  R.  Hargrave,  J.  W.  M.  Hart,  J.  M.  Henning, 
D.  O.  Jack,  W.  P.  JohiKslon,  A.  Kilpatrick,  S.  F.  Kingston,  David  Love, 
John  Magee,  D.  C.  Martin,  J.  S.  Martin,  R.  H.  Martin,  R.  W.  Marvin, 
Robert  McAfee,  Alexander  McBride,  William  McClelland,  W.  J.  McCul- 
lough,  J.  S.  McGaw,  S.  McNaugher,  Jr.,  Theodore  McNaughton,  Louis 
Meyer,  R.  C.  Montgomery,  Thomas  Patton,  M.  M.  Pearce,  R.  W.  Piper, 
A.  A.  Sampson.  W.  J.  Sanderson,  S.  G.  Shaw,  B.  M.  Sharp,  C.  McCleod 
Smith,  R.  M.  Sommerville,  T.  C.  Sproull,  George  R.  Steel,  S.  M.  Steel, 
J.  R.  W.  Stevenson,  T.  P.  Stevenson,  Thomas  M.  Stewart,  E.  F.  Thomson, 
C.  D.  Trumbull,  W.  W.  Twinam,  A.  G.  Walkinshaw,  R.  J.  Wallace,  F. 
M.  Wilson,  J.  W.  Wilson,  A.  A.  Wylie,  J.  Milligan  Wylie,  J.  Renwick 
Wylie,   R.    C.    Wylie,    John    Yates.— 84. 

Voting  nay:  W.  T.  Anderson,  R.  C.  Allen,  John  M.  Allen,  J.  R.  Cady, 
W.  W.  Carithers,  John  Coleman,  J.  M.  Coleman,  W.  J.  Coleman,  John 
Copeland,  J.  F.  Crozier,  David  Edgar,  D.  C.  Faris,  David  S.  Faris, 
Isaiah  Faris,  J.  A.  Forsythe,  H.  G.  Foster,  M.  A.  Gault,  A.  W.  Hunter, 
J.  M.  Johnston,  S.  J.  Johnston,  W.  B.  Keys,  John  Martin,  Thomas  Mar- 
tin, D.  C.  Mathews,  G.  R.  McBurney,  W.  J.  McBurney,  Robert  McClin- 
tock,  J.  G.  McElhinney,  Thomas  McFall,  A.  J.  McFarland,  Sr.,  J.  G. 
McFeeters,  E.  L.  McKnight,  R.  J.  G.  McKnight,  W.  J.  McKnight,  James 
R.  McMuUan,  S.  A.  S.  Mothony  J.  T.  Mitchell,  H.  G.  Patterson,  Wm.  T. 
Park,  John  W.  Pritchard,  G.  M.  Robb,  W.  G.  Robb,  J.  W.  Rose,  T.  D. 
Russell,  J.  C.  Slater,  T.  M.  Slater,  James  A.  Templeton,  J.  C.  Thompson, 
J.  S.  Thompson,  W.  T.  K.  Thompson,  Henry  Wallace,  R.  J.  Ward,  J. 
Ralston  Wylie.— 53. 

Not  voting — D.  S.  Faris. — 1 

Absent — J.  M.  Adams,  J.  D.  Latham,  J.  R.  Latimer,  J.  C.  McCand- 
less,  James  McCune,  P.  J.  McDonald,  J.  G.  Reed,  George  C.  Robb. — 8. 

The  report  was  recommitted  that  the  report  of  the  Executive 
Committee  be  condensed. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sabbath  was  taken  from 
the  table. 

Items  I  to  4  were  adopted.  The  report  was  adopted  as  a 
whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT    ON    SABBATH. 

The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  has  always  stood  for  the  sanctity 
of  the  Lord's  day.  "The  Sabbath  was  made  for  man"  and  is  a  physi- 
cal, an  intellectual,  a  religious,  a  domentic,  an  industrial,  a  civil  and 
an  ecclesiastical  necessity.  The  law  of  Sabbath  rest  was  written  on 
man's  physical  nature  long  before  it  was  written  on  tables  of  stone.  It 
follows  that  man  deprived  of  the  physical  benefits  of  Sabbath  rest  can 
not  maintain  his  intellectual  powers.  Physically  and  intellectually  de- 
teriorated,  he  can   not   but   degenerate   morally   and   spiritually.        Dele- 


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terious  results  then  become  manifest  in  every  department  of  human  life. 
Six  hundred  and  forty  one  medical  men  of  London  signed  a  petition  to 
Parliament,  when  it  was  proposed  to  open  the  Crystal  Palace  on  Sab- 
baths, which  contained  the  following  words:  "Your  petitioners,  from  their 
acquaintance  with  the  laboring  classes,  and  with  the  laws  which  regu- 
late the  human  economy,  are  convinced  that  a  seventh  day  of  rest,  in- 
stituted by  God,  and  co-eval  with  the  existence  of  man,  is  essential  to 
the  bodily  health  and  vigor  of  men  in  every  station  in  life."  Among 
people  who  disregard  the  Sabbath,  familj^  life  is  degraded,  and  scarcely 
anything  worthy  of  the  name  remains  of  "home."  Moral  restraints  of 
the  Lord's  day  are  removed  and  opportunities  for  cultivating  ties  of 
family  love  are  wanting.  To  this  Lr.  Lowe,  an  eminent  physician  of 
Berlin,  witnesses:  "I  have  had  occasion  in  my  career  as  a  practitioner 
to  visit  9,000  workmen  who  worked  on  Sunday  in  their  shops  or  in  their 
homes,  and  I  have  it  on  proof  that  the  Sunday  labor  has  the  most  dis- 
astrous effect.  In  their  homes  slovenliness  and  discord  reign;  the  life 
of  the  wine-shop  has  supplanted  family  life."  And  if  we  are  looking 
for  the  best  results  in  industrial  life — simply  for  the  best  and  largest 
output  of  product — here  again  we  are  warranted  in  calling  the  Sabbath 
a  necessity.  All  history  attests  that  man  can  do  more  and  better  work, 
and  receive  for  his  toil  a  greater  wage,  by  working  six  days  of  the 
week  and  resting  one,  than  by  seven  successive  days  of  Avork.  And  if  it 
be  true — and  it  is — that  the  day  cannot  be  preserved  apart  from  moral 
and  religious  considerations,  we  find  in  this  industrial  necessity  an  ad- 
ditional reason  for  safeguarding  its  religious  character.  It  has  been 
said:  "Those  who  will  not  have  the  Sabbath  as  a  holy  day  cannot  have 
it  long  as  a  rest  day.  When  the  Sabbath  is  not  made  a  day  of  prayer, 
but  of  play,  it  soon  becomes  to  the  poor  a  day  of  toil."  Statesmen 
agree  that  the  Sabbath  is  essential  to  the  welfare  of  the  nation.  Said 
Daniel  Webster:  "Sunday  is  nature's  law  as  well  as  God's.  No  indi- 
vidual or  nat^'or  habitually  disregarding  it  has  failed  to  fall  upon  dis- 
aster and  grief."  President  Lincoln,  giving  orders  in  1862  that  military 
duties  be  reduced  to  the  limits  of  strict  necessity  on' the  Lord's  day  said: 
"The  discipline  and  character  of  the  national  forces  should  not  suffer, 
nor  the  cause  they  defend  be  imperilled  by  the  profanation  of  the  day 
or  name  of  the  Most  High."  And  as  to  the  Church's  imperative  need 
of  the  day,  the  common  sentiment  of  thoughtful  Christians  is  expressed 
in  the  words  of  Dr.  McLeod:  "It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  without 
the  Lord's  day  the  church  of  Christ  could  not,  as  a  visible  society,  ex- 
ist on  earth."  With  this  statment  agree  the  famous  words  of  Montal- 
embert:  "There  can  be  no  religion  without  worship  and  no  worship 
without  Sunday."  And  \  oltaire  declared:  "There  is  no  hope  of  destroy- 
ing the  Christian  religion  as  long  as  the  Christian  Sabbath  is  acknowl- 
edged and  kept  by  men  as  a  sacred  day."  Thus  both  friends  and  foes 
of  the  Church  agree  that  the  Lord's  day  is  the  very  citadel  of  her  life. 
The  Church,  then,  should  realize  the  momentous  issues  at  stake  and 
rally  all  forces  for  the  defence  of  the  day.  Adopting  again  the  words 
of  Abraham  Lincoln,  we  may  say:  "As  we  keep  or  break  the  Sabbath 
day,  we  nobly  save  or  meanly  lose  the  last  best  hope  by  which  man 
rises."  While  then  the  Church  maintains  both  the  privilege  and  duty 
of  Christians  to  perform  on  the  Lord's  day  works  of  necessitj'^  and 
mercy,  including  whatever  in  any  age  may  be  necessary  for  the  as- 
sembling of  God's  people  for  worship  and  the  orderly  conducting  of  the 
same,  yet  she  should  raise  a  most  faithful  testimony  against  Sabbath 
desecration  in  all  its  forms. 

The  enemies  of  the  Sabbath,  with  every  increasing  earnestness,  are 
combining  for  its  overthrow.  A  notable  victory  they  have  won  in  the 
decision   to  open  the  gates  of  the  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific  Exposition   on 


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the  Lord's  day.  We  seem  to  be  in  the  "midst  of  a  crusade  against  the 
Sabbath  which  has  enlisted  more  active  workers  than  for  a  long  time." 
A  certain  anti-Sabbath  tone  seems  to  pervade  the  public  sentiment  to  a 
greater  degree  than  formerly."  Laws  for  its  protection  are  being  weak- 
ened or  repealed.  The  New  York  Sabbath  Committee  sends  out  the 
statement  that  twenty-five  bills  have  been  before  the  Connecticut  Leg- 
islature, one  of  them  described  as  the  "wide  open  bill';;  seventeen  of 
similar  character  have  been  before  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts, 
four  of  which  ask  for  local  option  on  Sabbath  observance  touching  such 
matters  as  baseball,  golf,  tennis,  charitable  entertainments  in  private 
dwellings,  etc.  In  some  quarters  it  is  admitted  that  the  end  sought  is 
the  abolition  of  all  Lord's  day  laws.  "In  this  crusade,"  says  the  United 
Presbyterian  editorially,  "none  are  more  active  than  the  Jews."  "In 
many  ways  the  determination  on  the  part  of  the  Jews  to  abrogate  prac- 
tically all  distinctively  Christian  institutions  and  laws,  has  been  posi- 
tively shown.  Our  school  books  and  holiday  entertainments  must  be 
de-Christianized,  and  the  name  of  Jesus  be  blotted  out  from  the  instruc- 
tion of  children." 

On  the  other  hand  God  is  raising  up  new  friends  and  advocates  of 
His  day.  The  Woman's  National  Sabbath  Alliance  is  laboring  valiantly 
and  distributing  hundreds  of  thousands  of  pages  of  literature  on  the 
subject.  The  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union  is  doing  splendid 
and  effective  work  through  its  Sabbath  department.  The  Lord's  Day 
Alliance  of  the  United  States,  organized  in  Pittsburg  December  last, 
making  the  American  Sabbath  Union — a  most  noble  agency  during  all 
its  history — the  basis  of  organization,  is  designed  to  co-operate  with 
Sabbath  Alliance  the  world  over;  and  the  National  Reform  Association 
— always  such  a  valient  defender  of  the  Lord's  day — is  now  increasing 
its  efforts  in   this   department  of  its  work. 

These  and  other  similar  organizations  should  have  the  prayerful  and 
financial  support  of  all  loyal  Christians.  We  are  pursuaded  that  the 
greatest  danger  to  the  Sabbath  lies  in  the  apathy  of  nominal  Christian- 
ity. The  trumpet  of  alarm  shouJd  be  sounded  to  arouse  a  sleeping 
Church  to  her  duty,  because  by  appointment  she  is  the  one  special  agency 
by  whose  efficiency  or  inefficiency  the  whole  question  is  to  be  settled. 
In  this  great  crisis  the  church  should  teach  the  world  to  "Remember  the 
Sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy." 

We  recommend: 

1.  That  Synod  re-affirm  its  condemnation  of  every  form  of  Sabbath 
desecration  and  urge  our  people  to  a  careful,  Scriptural  observance  of 
the  day. 

2.  That  Synod  urge  our  people  to  co-operate  with  the  National 
Reform  Association,  the  Lord's  Day  Alliance,  the  Women's  Christian- 
Temperance  Union  and  the  Woman's  National  Sabbath  Alliance  in  all 
Scriptural  efforts  to  promote  Sabbath  observance. 

3.  That  Synod  reiterate  its  condemnation  of  all  Sabbath-breaking 
travel,  labor  and  pleasure  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  call  upon  all  our  people 
to  refrain  from  such  desecration  of  the  day  and  seek  to  sanctify  it  by 
faithful  attendance  upon  the  duties  of  public,  social,  family  and  per- 
sonal religion. 

4.  That  Synod  condemn  the  keeping  open  of  the  Alaska- Yukon- 
Pacific  Exposition  on  the  Lord's  day  and  call  the  attention  of  all  Chris- 
tians to  the  sin  of  patronizing  it  on  that  day. 

F.  M.  WILSON, 
T.  C.   SPROULL, 
S.  J.   CROWE, 
W.    S.    MOORE. 


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The  report  of  the  Committee  on  State  of  ReUgion  was  taken 
from  the  table.  The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as 
follows : 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  STATE  OF  RELIGION. 

Your  committee  on  the  State  of  Religion  would  respectfully  report: 

We  sent  out  an  inquiry  to  each  of  the  one  hundred  and  fifteen  con- 
gregations of  the  Church,  asking  Sessions  for  a  report  on  the  State 
of  Religion.  About  one  half  responded.  Your  committee  did  not 
-know  whether  or  not  to  conclude  that  the  seeming  indifference  toward 
the  report  indicated  an  indifferent  state  of  religion  in  the  other  half. 

In  some  cases  Sessions  reported,  which  was  according  to  the  rec- 
ommendation of  the  committee  on  the  State  of  Religion  last  year,  and 
in  some  cases  pastors  or  individual  members  of  Session  reported, 
which  was  not  according  to  last  year's  action. 

As  to  the  character  of  the  reports,  they  varied  from  darkest  night  to 
brightest  day.  The  color  of  the  report  was  perhaps  somewhat  de- 
pendent on  the  viewpoint  and  spirtuaj  temperament  of  its  writer.  The 
aspects  of  a  landscape  depend  largely  upon  the  eye  and  the  position  of 
the  observer.  No  doubt,  too,  the  varied  conditions  in  different  parts 
of  the  church  have  much  to  do  with  rendering  the  reports  very  widely 
different. 

Your  committee  thought  it  might  be  both  interesting  and  profitable 
to  bring  before  the  Synod  as  much  of  these  reports  as  possible  in  the 
very  language  in  which  they  were  written,  and  this  we  have  sought 
to   do. 

A  few  more  than  half  the  reports  indicate  that  attendance  upon  and 
interest  in  public  worship  is  good.  Many  are  unsatisfactory  and  some 
are  positively  poor.  One  writes,  "Attendance  is  first  class  on  Sabbath 
services";  another,  "Attendance  has  been  uniformly  good,"  and  still  an- 
other, "Attendance  on  preaching  services  very  good."  On  the  other 
hand  we  read,  "Attendance  on  public  worship  is  poor;"  "Attendance 
upon  public  worship  not  very  good";  "Morning  services  not  well  at- 
tended." 

Some  compare  their  attendance  with  that  of  other  denominations, 
but  the  question  is  not  what  do  we  in  comparison  with  others,  but 
what  do  we  in  comparison  with  duty. 

On  the  subject  of  the  prayer-meeting,  one  pastor  reports:  "Our 
attendance  at  mid-week  prayermeeting  is  nearly  one  hundred,"  but 
only  one  pastor  makes  such  a  report.  Other  reports,  too,  are  good 
here,  but  the  major  part  report  poor  attendance  -and  a  lack  of  interest 
in  the  prayer  meeting.  If  the  prayer  meeting  measures  the  Spiritual 
life  of  the  Church  this  is  a  serious  symptom. 

Good  reports  come  from  the  Sabbath  Schools.  One  reports  a 
Congregational  membership  of  seventy  and  a  Sabbath  School  enroll- 
ment of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five.  A  number  that  practically 
all  the  congregation  attend  the  Sabbath  school.  "Nearly  every  child 
five  years  old  and  upward  is  in  a  class,"  writes  one.  "Our  Sabbath 
School  contributes  about  $300  each  year  to  the  schemes  of  the  church," 
writes  another.  From  one  congregation  comes  the  announcement,  "We 
have  a  Sabbath  school  of  Italian  Children;  their  parents  are  Roman 
Catholics."  From  the  interest  manifest  in  the  Sabbath  School  we 
might  get  the  suggestion  that  Bible  study  perhaps  would  prove  more 
interesting  to  us  if  we  did  more  of  it. 


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The  few  reports  received  on  Young  People's  So- 
cieties were  generally  encouraging.  From  one  Congregation  comes  the 
mention  of  a  "Junior  Society  composed  of  more  than  fifty  children  be- 
tween the  ages  of  six  and  fourteen  years,  nearly  all  of  whom  are  from 
homes  outside  our  Church,  and  a  large  number  from  homes  connected 
with  no  church  whatever."       This  is  suggestive. 

On  the  matter  of  home  religion  we  have  such  as  the  following: 
"Family  worship  is  observed  in  all  our  homes."  "With  few  exceptions 
all  the  homes  have  the  family  altar."  "We  hope  most  of  our  families 
maintain  the  family  altar  and  secret  prayer,  though  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  in  some  few  cases  family  worship  is  neglected."  "There  is  a  ten- 
dency on  the  part  of  some  to  give  up  this  precious  service."  "The  old 
time  uniform  observance  of  family  worship  in  every  home  is  not  main- 
tained." "We  believe  it  is  not  attended  to  as  carefully  as  in  former 
years."       "Most  of  our  families  have  worship  at  least  once  a  day." 

As  an  evidence  of  home  training  one  pastor  writes  that  "With  rare 
exceptions  all  unite  with  the  Church  at  an  early  age,"  while  another 
cites  as  an  evidence  of  the  lack  of  it  the  fact  that  "the  young  people 
refuse  to  publicly  confess   Christ." 

Your  committee  is  disposed  to  adopt  the  words  of  an  old  pastor 
who  says,  "The  importance  of  family  religion  is  not  appreciated." 

About  half  of  the  Congregations  report  the  Sabbath  well  kept.  A 
number  that  the  Sabbath  is  not  observed  as  it  ought  to  be.  One 
pastor  writes,  "There  is  some  unnecessary  street  car  riding"  on  the 
Sabbath.  The  report  of  one  is  suggestive.  It  reads,  "As  Sabbath 
observance  goes  at  present  the  Sabbath  is  well  observed."  It  is  to  be 
feared  we  do  not  mean  when  we  say,  "the  Sabbath  is  well  kept"  what  our 
forefathers  meant   by   the   same   language. 

About  two-thirds  of  the  Sessions  give  good  accounts  on   the   subject 
of   liberality. 

Tithing  seems  to  be  slightly  on  the  increase  though  the  principle  has 
some  distance  to  make  yet  ere  it  conquers  the  church.  One  writes, 
"Most  all  our  members  give  the  tithe."  Another,  "Many  of  our  mem- 
bers tithe."  Another,  "Our  tithers  are  sadly  in  the  minority."  Our 
treasurer  says,  "The  tenth  people  have  it  to  give,  it  seems  like  most 
any  time."  One  Congregation  "at  its  last  meeting  agreed  to  pay  the 
tenth."  One  session  reports,  "Our  contributions  for  the  year  averaged 
$29.60' per  member."       One  writes,  "Spirit  of  liberality  declining." 

The  pastor  of  one  of  our  largest  and  wealthiest  congregations  writes, 
"Comparatively  few  realize  their  responsibility  in  the  matter  of  money." 

Personal  piety,  according  to  the  reports,  seems  to  be  present  in  a 
measure,  but  all  are  agreed  that  there  is  much  room  for  improvement 
here. 

One  session  cites  as  an  evidence  of  piety,  "Holding  fast  the  profes- 
sion of  our  faith  without  wavering,  instant  in  prayer,  with  love  to  the 
brethren  and  zeal  for  the  cause  of  Christ  as  witnesses  for  all  divine 
truth;"  and  another  session  mentions  as  evidence  of  lack  of  piety,  "neg- 
lect of  the  ordinances." 

Eight  out  of  fifty-four  congregations  report  Special  Bible  study. 
One  pastor  has  a  Bible  class  larger  than  his  congregation,  and  another 
a  Bible  reading  circle  with  30  to  40  members. 

Eight  congregations  report  Special  Evangelistic  services.  Some 
report  extra  services  in  connection  with  communion  services.  One  pas- 
tor reports  "Evangelistic  services  every  Sabbath  during  the  year."  Some 
general  statements  taken  from  these  reports  are  worthy  of  notice.  "Relig- 
ion here  is  getting  more  practical.     We  are  both  praying  and  fighting. 


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Foug-ht  four  saloons  out  of  this  town  and  last  Monday  put  pool-rooms 
out  also." 

"Doctrinal  preaching  and  preaching  on  the  principles  of  the  Church 
have  been  reasonably  frequent  in  our  pulpits,  and  seems  to  be  relished 
by  our  people."  "A  few  young  men  lack  a  measure  of  interest  in  our 
Church."  "All  our  members  are  loyal  to  the  Church,  and  all  her  dis- 
tinctive principles.  We  desire  to  emphasize  the  loyalty  of  our  young 
people."  "The  session  has  given  the  pastor  the  privilege  to  go  out  and 
preach  on  our  distinctive  principles,  and  he  has  availed  himself  of  the 
privilege."  "We  do  not  cut  off  services  either  before  or  after  the  Com- 
munion. The  people  seem  to  enter  heartily  into  the  work  of  prepara- 
tion." "Thousands  of  tracts  have  been  sent  out.  They  have  been  called 
for  by  great  numbers  of  people  in  other  denominations." 

From  the  above  quotations  it  is  apparent  that  a  very  complex  state 
of  religion  exists  in  the  Church.  There  are  some  evidences  of  growth, 
for  which  we  thank  God  and  take  courage. 

There  is  much  in  these  reports  to  humble  us  and  to  bring  us  to  God 
with  the  query.  Where  is  the  wedge  of  gold  which  blocks  the  way  against 
our  larger  progress? 

We  recommend: 

1.  That  pastors  and  sessions  seek  in  every  possible  way  to  impress 
upon  our  people  the  full  meaning  and  sacredness  of  our  covenant  vows. 

2.  That  family  visitation  be  carefully  attended  to  by  all  our 
sessions  so  far  as  possible. 

3.  That  sessions  investigate  more  closely  the  state  of  religion  in 
their  respective  congregations  and  be  able  to  report  more  accurately. 

E.  L.  Mcknight, 

H.    G.    PATTERSON, 
E.    M.    ELSEY, 
A.    J.    HARDING, 
R.  S-.  BOWES. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  was 
taken  from  the  table.  The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and 
is  as  follows : 

SYSTEMATIC   BENEFICENCE. 

Your  committee  desired  to  make  a  report  that  would  accurately 
record  the  present  statu.^.  of  the  Church  touching  the  matter  of  sys- 
tematic giving.  We  find  ourselves  unable  to  accomplish  this  purpose. 
The  difficulty  of  obtaining  the  definite  information  requested  by  your 
committee  hindered  over  half  the  congi-egations  from  making  any  report 
whatever.  Fifty-five  congregations,  embracing  48  per  cent,  of  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Church,  replied  to  the  letters  of  inquiry  sent  out  by  your 
committee. 

Of  the  fifty-five  congregations  replying,  61  per  cent  report  that  sys- 
tematic giving  is  becoming  more  general  among  their  members.  To 
the  energetic  effort  that  is  being  put  forth  in  these  congregations  to 
keep  the  privilege  and  duty  of  giving  to  the  support  of  the  Lord's  work 
prominently  before  the  membership,  this  encouraging  condition  is 
doubtless  in  large  measure  due.  And  yet,  with  all  the  effort  expended 
in  this  work,  the  reports  received  indicate  that  not  more  than  50  per 
cent  of  the  membership  of  the  church  is  given  to  tithing.  Probably 
the   exact   figures   are  much   below   50   per  cent. 


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The  almost  complete  failure  of  the  congregations  to  adopt  some  of 
the  recommendations  designed  to 'further  systematic  giving,  and  to  that 
end  adopted  'ty  Synod,  is  interpreted  as  indicating  that  either  the  rec- 
ommendations did  not  appeal  to  the  good  judgment  of  the  people,  or 
that  the  congregations  failed  to  inform  themselves  of  the  recommenda- 
tions of  the  Synod.  Various  methods,  however,  have  been  tried  by 
different  congregations,  sometimes  in  answer  to  Synod's  recommenda- 
tion, sometime  on  the  initiative  of  the  congregation.  Some  congrega- 
tions depend  wholly  upon  voluntary  contributions,  without  previous 
pledge.  The  large  majority  of  congregations  find  it  altogether  desirable 
to  pledge  their  members  to  some  definite  sum,  that  the  officers  of  the 
congregation  may  know  what  amounts  they  can  depend  upon  receiving. 
The  pledged  list  leads  to  system  in  the  congregational  finances,  and 
generally  to  increased  liberality  on  the  part  of  the  Individual  member. 
These  subscriptions  are  taken  annually.  One  congregation  reports  in- 
creased efficiency  in  taking  the  pledges  simi-annually.  In  some  con- 
gregations, the  subscription  list  embraces  the  funds  for  all  purposes, 
synodical  and  congregational;  in  other  congregations,  the  pastor's  salary 
is  lifted  according  to  this  method,  while  other  collections  are  independent 
of  previous  subscription.  With  good  results,  some  congregatins  xe 
raising  syndical  collections  by  a  card  system,  which  is  a  modificatioit  of 
the  subscription  list.  The  envelope  system  recommended  by  Synod,  is 
reported  to  be  eminently  satisfactory  wherever  employed. 

Probably  no  one  plan  will  meet  the  requirements  of  all  localities. 
The  experience  of  the  church,  however,  commends  the  following  feat- 
ures, which  are  hereby  recommended  to  the  prayerful  considration  of 
the  congregations: 

1.  The  conscientious  adoption  of  some  plan. 

2.  The  exclusion  of  all  methods  of  raising  funds  save  the  volun- 
tary contribution  of  one's  own  means.  The  Lord  loveth  a  cheerful 
giver,  not  a   skilful   promoter  of  church   fairs. 

3.  The  adoption  of  the  giving  of  at  least  a  tithe  as  the  ideal. 

4.  The  study  of  "The  Tithe."  The  presentation  of  the  subject 
from  the  pulpit,  the  discussion  of  it  in  pastoral  visitations,  in  the  Sab- 
bath school,  in  the  prayer  meeting,  in  the  young  people's  meeting,  in 
the  congregational  meeting,  in  the  mission  study  class,  and  in  private 
conversation.  The  reading  of  the  deliverances  of  Synod,  and  of  Presby- 
tery, and  of  the  session,  and  the  board  of  deacons  from  the  pulpit.  The 
distribution   of   literature   discussing  the   subject. 

5.  The  informing  of  the  people  concerning  the  needs  of  the  work 
at   home   and   abroad. 

6.  The  co-operation  of  the  session  and  the  board  of  deacons  in 
developing  sj'stematic   giving. 

7.  The  pledging  of  the  people,  first,  to  the  giving  of  at  least  the 
tithe,  and  then,  to  stated  sums  for  specified  purposes.  The  tithe  cove- 
nant adopted  by  Synod  in  1904  is  commended  to  the  church.  See  Min- 
utes for  1904,  page  73.  The  systematic  paying  of  pledges.  The  ideal 
is  weekly  contributions. 

9.  The  use  of  some  of  the  many  envelope  systems. 

10.  The  giving  of  monthly  reports  to  the  congregation,  and  of  quar- 
terly statements  to  the  individual  member.  The  statements  should  be 
sent  to  all,  whether  their  pledges  are  paid  or  are  still  due. 

11.  Prayer  for  the  Spirit's  leading  into  entire  consecration. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN    H.    PRITCHARD, 

w.  J.  Mcknight. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  53 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  was 
taken  from  the  table. 

Item  2  was  taken  up.  The  Committee  to  prepare  a  Cate- 
cliism  and  Manual  of  Doctrine  reported. 

The  report  was  received  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows. 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CATECHISM  AND  MANUAL  OF 

DOCTRINE. 

Your  committee  to  Vv'hom  was  referred  the  matter  of  a  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Catechism,  and  Manual  of  Doctrine,  would  respectfully  re- 
port: 

That  we  have  undertaken  the  work  assigned  us,  and  have  in  pro- 
gress, in  accordance  with  your  instructions,  the  preparation  of  a  cate- 
chism, a  manual  of  doctrine  in  the  form  of  outline  studies  upon  the 
fu'^damental  and  distinctive  principles  of  the  Church,  a  history  of  the 
Church,  and  a  list  of  books  on  Bible  study.  Owing  to  the  difficulty  of 
gathering  your  committee  for  consultation,  our  progress  is  necesasrily 
slow,  and  we  have  nothing  definite  to  submit  to  the  Synod  at  this  time. 

On  behalf  of  the  Committee.  Respectfully, 

GEORGE    A.    EDGAR,    Chairman. 

The  Committee  was  continued. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  was 
adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  UNFINISHED  BUSINESS. 

Item  1.  Committee  on  Joint  Revision  of  the  Psalms.  Page  9. — 
W.  J.  Coleman. 

2.  Committee  to  prepare  a  Catechism  and  Manual  of  Doctrine  for 
the   instruction  of  the  youth.       Page   23. — G.   A.   Edgar. 

Item  3.  Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance  to  report  on  vot- 
ing in  Local  Option  elections.       Page  25 — W.  W.  Carithers. 

Item  4.  Treasurer  to  print  and  distribute  blanks  for  congregations 
receiving  aid.       Page  26. — J.  S.  Tibby. 

Item  5.  Committee  on  Testimony  Bearing  to  print  as  a  tract,  and 
distribute  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Psalmody.  Page  32. — W.  J. 
Coleman. 

Item  6.  Committee  to  select  additional  meters  of  Psalms  for  a  new 
edition  of  the  Psalter.       Page  33.— W.  J.  Coleman. 

Item  7.  Committee  to  select  suitable  music  for  the  proposed  new 
edition  of  the  Psalter.       Page  33.— R.  C.  Wylie. 

Item  8.  Foreign  Mission  Board  to  prepare  program  for  Conference 
on  Foreign  Missions  on  Friday  evening  of  Synod.  Page  61,  item  7. — 
R.  M.  Sommerville. 

Item  9.  Foreign  Mission  Board  to  select  text  book  for  the  use  of 
congregations  in  mission  study.       Page  67.— R.  M.  Sommerville. 

Item  10.  Resignation  of  William  Brown  from  Foreign  Mission 
Board.        Page    67. 


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Item  11.  Committee  to  prepare  program  for  celebration  of  tlie  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Synod,  and  the  four  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  birth  of  John  Calvin.       Page  70. — R.  J.  George. 

Item  12.  Special  Committee  on  the  expenses  of  Synod.  Page  71.— 
George  W.  Benn. 

Item  IS.  Moderator  and  Clerk  to  sign  and  forward  to  houses  of 
Congress  petition  for  the  submission  of  an  amendment  to  the  United 
States  Constitution  for  the  suppression  of  polygamy.       Page  72. 

Item  14.  Philadelphia  Presbytery  to  ordain  E.  J.  Feuersohn  if  the 
conditions  warrant.       Page -78,  item  5. 

Item  15.  Treasurer  of  Synod  to  pay  our  proportion  of  the  expenses 
of  the  Alliance  of  Reformed  Churches,  and  the  deficit  for  printing  Min- 
utes of  Synod  of  1907.       Page  86,  item  3.— J.  S.  Tibby. 

Item  16.  Treasurer  to  issue  new  edition  of  the  Psalter  and  the  Book 
of  Discipline.       Page  86,  item  4. — J.  S.  Tibby. 

Item  17.     Clerk  to  print  Minutes  of  Synod  of  1908.       Page  86,  item  5. 

Item  18.  Treasurer  to  print  new  Statistical  Blanks.  Page  86,  item 
10.— J.  S.  Tibby. 

Item  19.  Committee  to  prepare  and  address  a  letter  to  Congrega- 
tions and  Mission  Stations  regarding  financial  methods.  Page  88,  item 
11. — James  A.  McAteer. 

Item  20.  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  to  reply  to  letter 
from  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Ireland.  Page  117. — J.  M. 
Coleman. 

Item  21.  Committee  to  receive  and  forward  to  the  Board  of  Super- 
intendents of  the  Theological  Seminary  the  reply  of  the  professor-elect. 
Page  118.— J.  W.  Sproull. 

Item  22. — Delegate  to  Synod  of  the  Christian  Reformed  church. 
Page   119.— R.   J.   G.   McKnight. 

Item  23.  Committee  on  formation  of  National  Rest  Day  Associa- 
tion.      Page  119.— J.  W.  Sproull. 

Item  24.  Committee  on  Temperance  to  arrange  for  a  Conference  on 
Temperance  during  Synod.       Page  120. — W.  W.  Carithers. 

Item  25. — Moderator  to  send  letter  of  sympathy  to  D.  B.  Wilson. 
Page   120. — R.   C.   Montgomery. 

J.    S.    THOMPSON, 
S.    McNAUGHER,    JR. 

The  following  were  excused  from  further  attendance  on  the 
sessions  of  this  Court:  J.  G.  Reed,  Robert  McAfee,  Theodore 
McNaughton,  S.  J.  Crowe.  Thomas  Boggs.  J.  Milligan  Wylie, 
John  Yates. 

T.  G.  Graham  led  the  daily  devotions. 

The  time  was  extended  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  Traveling  Fund.  The  report  was  received,  adopted,  and  is  as 
follows : 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  55 


REPORT   OF   COMMITTEE    ON    TRAVELING   FUND. 
Your  commitee  on  Traveling  Fund  would  respectfully  report. 

Receipts. 

From   Congregations    $2,703  60 

From  Assessment  of  deficit    600  00 

Total    , $3,303  60 

Expenditures 

Colorado    Presbytery,    S    delegates    $512  37 

N.  B.  and  N.  S.  Presbytery,  1  delegate 55  75 

Philadelphia  Presbytery,   6  delegates    187  50 

Kansas  Presbytery,   26  delegates    693  48 

New  York  Presbytery,  16  delegates 506-  59 

Iowa  Presbytery,    14   delegates    103  66 

Rochester  Presbytery,   8   delegates    239  07 

Ohio   Presbytery,    17    delegates    211  45 

Illinois  Presbytery,  15  delegates   225  79 

Pittsburg  Presbytery,  39  delegates  569  20—  3,299  86 

Balance    3  74 

We  recommend  that  the  financial  agents  of  the  several  Presbyteries 
be  continued  until  next  Synod  with  instructions  to  co-operate  with 
Synod's  railroad  committee  in  ascertaining  the  most  economical  routs 
and  cheapest  rates;  and  that  this  committee  report  through  the  railroad 
committee  of  synod  in  the  church  papers  before  the  first  of  May,  1910. 

P.  J.  McDonald. 

And  Financial  Agents  of  all  the  Presbyteries. 

The  retirino;  Moderator  was  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of 
his  sermon  for  publication  in  the  church  papers. 

Synod  took  recess  until  2  P.  M.       Prayer  b}-  ^^'m.  T.  Pari;. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Same  place,  Tuesday,  June  i,  2  P.  M.  Synod  reconvened  at 
the  appointed  hour,  and  was  led  in  prayer  by  Alexander  McBride. 
The  calling  of  the  roll  was  dispensed  with. 

The  minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read,  corrected,  and 
approved. 

The  Committee  on  Supplies  reported.  The  report  was  re- 
ceived, adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 

COMMITTEE    ON   SUPPLIES. 

Your  Committee  vvould  respectfully  report  the  following  distribu- 
tion of  those  recommended  by  the  Presbyteries  for  work  for  the  com- 
ing year: 

Aikin.   W.   A. — June,   Illinois;    July,    Ohio;    August,    Kansas. 

Allen,  R.  C. — June,  Kansas;   October,  Pittsburg;  April,  New  York. 


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Allen,  T.  J. — June  and  July,  Colorado;  October,  Kansas;  Novem- 
ber and  December,  Pittsburg. 

Coleman,  Paul. — June,  Pittsburg;  July,  August  and  September,  Kan- 
sas;  October  to  May,  New  York. 

Crozier,  J.  F. — August,  Pittsburg. 

Dill,  J.  W. — All  year,  Kansas. 

Dodds,  R.  J.- — June  to  August,  and  December  to  February,  New 
York;   September  to  November,  and  March  to  May,  Pittsburg. 

Elsey,  Bruce. — June  to  August,  N.  B.  and  N.  S.;    September  to  No- 
vembec.  New  York;   December,  Ohio;   January  and  February,  Pittsburg; 
March  and  April,  Iowa;    May,   Kansas. 
Faris,  Isaiah. — AH  year  in  Kansas. 

Eraser,  K.  D. — June,  Iowa;  October,  Ohio;  November  and  December, 
Illinois;   February  to  May,  N.  B.  and  N.  S. 

Foster,  H.  G. — June  to  September,  Kansas;  October  to  December, 
Iowa;  January  and  February,  New  York;  March  to  May,  N.  B.  and  N.  S. 

Johnston,  A.  A. — June  to  September,   Pittsburg. 

McBurney,  G.  R. — June,  Pittsburg;  August,  Iowa;  September  to 
November,  Kansas;    March,   New  York. 

McConaughy,  H.  G. — June  to  August,  Kansas;   May,  Iowa. 

McElwain,  T.  A. — July  to  August,  and  May,  New  York; 
September  to  December,  N.  B.  and  N.  S.;  January  and  February,  Ro- 
chester;   March  and  April,  Pittsburg. 

McFarland,  A.  J. — June  and  July,  Iowa;  February,  Pittsburg,  April, 
New  York. 

McCullough,  W.  J. — June,  Rochester;  July,  Kansas;  August,  Iowa; 
September,  Illinois. 

McCartney,  J.  L. — June,  Kansas;  March,  New  York. 

McClurkin,  W.  C. — June  and  September,  New  York;  July,  August  and 
January,  Pittsburg;  October  to  December,  Rochester;  February  to  April, 
Kansas;   May,  Iowa. 

Morrow,  S.  M. — June,  July  and  September,  Iowa;  October,  Illinois; 
November,  Ohio;  December  and  May,  Pittsburg;  August,  Kansas;  March 
and  April,  Rochester. 

McCune,  James. — June  to  August,  N.  B.  and  N.  S.;  September,  Ro- 
chester; October  and  November,  New  York;  December,  Pittsburg;  Jan- 
uary, Ohio;   February  and  March,  Kansas;    April,  Iowa;    May,  Illinois. 

McFarland,  Wm. — June  and  July,  Rochester;  March  and  April,  New 
York. 

Paden,  W.  C. — June,  December  and  January,  Kansas;  April,  Illinois; 
May,   Iowa. 

Park,  Robert. — June  and  September,  Ohio;  July  and  August, 
Kansas;   May,  New  York. 

Reed,  J.  G. — June  and  May,  Ohio;  July,  New  York;  August,  Ro- 
chester; September,  Pittsburg;  October  to  December,  Kansas;  January 
and  February,  Iowa;  March  and  April,  Illinois. 

Sharp,  B.  M. — July,  August,  September,  October,  November,  Decem- 
ber, January,  February,  Colorado;   March  to  May,  Kansas. 

Sproull,  T.  C. — October,  Kansas;  December,  New  York;  March, 
Pittsburg. 

Stevenson,  J.  R.  W. — June,  September  to  May,  Kansas;  July,  Illinois; 
August,    Ohio. 


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Taggart,  D.  R. — July  and  August,  Illinois;  September  to  December, 
Iowa;    January   to    May,    Kansas. 

Thompson,  Owen. — November  and  December,  Kansas;  January  and 
February,  Illinois;    March  and  April,  Ohio;    May,  Pittsburg. 

Wallace,  S.  R. — June  and  July,  Rochester;  October  and  November, 
Pittsburg;   February,  Illinois;   March,  Iowa;   April  and  May,  Kansas. 

J.   S.    MARTIN, 
J.   M.   WYLIE, 
A.     A.    WYLIE, 
J.    H.    MAGEE, 
R.  A.  ADAMS. 

Committees  on  Presbyterial  Records  reported  as  follows : 

Records  of  Philadelphia,  Rochester,  N.  B.  and  N.  S.,  Ohio,  Iowa  and 
Kansas  contain  nothing  contrary  to  the  law  and  order  of  the  church. 

Pittsburg  contains  nothing-  contrary  to  the  law  and  order  of  the 
church,  except  that  on  page  244  the  minutes  of  the  "Special  Meet- 
ing" held  in  the  Central  Allegheny  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church, 
May   12,    1908,   were   not   signed   by  the   Moderator. 

New  Y'ork  contains  nothing  contrary  to  the  law  and  order  of  the 
church,  except  that  the  minutes  of  October  7,  1908,  are  recorded  pre- 
vious to  the  minutes  of  May  28,   1908. 

Illinois  contains  nothing  contrary  to  the  law  and  order  of  the 
church,  except  that  on  page  199  the  action  with  respect  to  the  min- 
utes of  a  commission  should  have  been — "received,  approved  and  en- 
grossed on  the  minutes." 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  reported.  The  report 
was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 

Items  i  to  7  were  adopted. 

R.  M.  Sommerville,  Corresponding-  Secretary  of  the  For- 
eign Mission  Board,  was  heard  on  behalf  of  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sions of  the  Church. 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT   OF  COMMITTEE   ON  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

Your  committee  would  report: 

The  only  paper  placed  in  our  hands  was  the  report  of  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions.  To  review  this  excellent  paper  was  a  positive 
pleasure;  equal  almost  to  visiting  the  fields  of  labor;  and  the  inevit- 
able conclusion  was,  "Jehovah  hath  done  great  things  for  us  whereof 
we  are  glad." 

Your  Committee  noted,  and  would  emphasize  the  following  things: 

1.  Notwithstanding  the  uprising  in  Asiatic  Turkey,  which  resulted 
in  the  sacrifice  of  many  lives,  and  the  destruction  of  much  property,  our 
missionaries  were  all  preserved,  and  our  property,  for  the  most  part,  kept 
safe. 

Whatever  may  be  the  immediate  outcome  of  the  trouble,  the  ulti- 
mate result  will  be  the  triumph  of  Jesus  Christ  and  His  Gospel. 


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2.  In  the  mysterious  and  trying  province  of  God  which  came  upon 
our  missionary,  Rev.  R.  A.  Blair,  recalling  him  from  work  in  China, 
we  rejoice  in  his  renewed  and  continued  health,  and  that  he  is  per- 
mitted to  serve  the  interests  of  our  missions,  as  he  is  doing  well,  in 
the  home  land. 

3.  The  good  health  of  the  missionaries,  in  general;  the  faithful 
and  efficient  work  done  by  all  throughout  the  field;  and  the  encouraging 
increase  in  the  membership  of  the  church,  especially  in   China. 

4.  The  prompt  and  liberal  response  to  the  appeal  for  aid  for  the 
refugees  in   Syria  and  Asia   Minor. 

Your  Committee  also  notes  with  very  great  satisfaction  the  ef- 
forts and  the  progress  made  in  training  a  nati\-e  ministry  for  our  work 
in  China,  and  would  have  been  glad  to  note  the  same  in  the  Syrian  field. 
The  whole  church  should  be  profoundly  grateful  to  God  for  His  watch- 
ful care  over  the  persons,  and  His  good  hand  upon  all  the  work  of  our 
missionaries,  and  should  earnestly   seek   the   continuance  of  the   same. 

We   recommend: 

1.  That  the  careful  reading  of  the  report  of  the  Foreign  Mission 
Board  be  urged  upon  the  membership  of  the  cliurch,  that  they  may  be 
more  fully  enlightened  concerning  the  work  being  done,  and  that  their 
hearts  may  l:;e  more  deeply  touched  with  a  desire  to  save  the  lost. 

2.  That  parents  consecrate  their  children  to  God  and  to  His  ser- 
vice, and  inform  them  of  this  consecration.  That  they  seek  also  to 
inspire  in  them  the  missronary  spirit  by  talking  about  our  missions 
and  missionaries,  and  often  remembering  them  in  prayer  at  the  family 
altar. 

o.  That  those  who  have  not  already  done  so,  be  urged  to  respond 
promptly  to  the  appeal  for  help  for  the  refugees  in  Syria  and  Asia 
Minor.       The  need  is  still  present  and  urgent. 

4.  That  all  congregations  be  urged  to  pay,  at  least,  the  full  amount 
asked  of  them  for  the  work  of  Foreign  Missions,  that  there  may  be  an 
increase  rather  than  a  decrease  of  funds  for  the  coming  year. 

5.  That  the  action  of  the  Board  in  appointing  Drs.  T.  P.*  Stevenson 
and  J.  C.  McFeeters,  with  elder  Henry  O'Neill,  President  of  the  Foreign 
Mission  Board,  delegates  to  the  third  World  Missionary  Conference,  to 
be  held  in  Edinburg,  Scotland,  June  1910,  be  approved;  and  in  case 
they  cannot  go,  that  the  Board  be  empowered  to  appoint  their  alternates. 

6.  That  the  Board  be  requested  to  prepare  a  program  for  a  Mis- 
sionary Conference  to  be  held  on  Friday  evening  after  the  opening  of 
Synod's  session  next  year. 

7.  That  Dr.  R.  M.  Sommerville,  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  be  heard  in  connection  with  the  adoption  of  this  report. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  C.  MONTGOMERY, 
E.    A.    CROOKS, 
S.  TURNER  FOSTER, 
S.    M.    STEEL, 
THOMAS  H.  MARTIN, 

REPORT  OF  FOREIGN  MISSION   BOARD. 

There  is  no  truth  that  brings  such  strength  and  comfort  to  the 
Church  in  the  crisis  of  its  history  as  the  mediatorial  sovereignty  of 
Jesus  Christ.  Because  He  reigns.  Paganism,  Islamism  and  all  other 
systems  of  religion   hostile  to   His  claims  are   powerless  to   weaken  the 


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security  of  His  people  or  stay  the  progress  of  His  cause.  When,  on 
October,  1908,  converts  in  our  Mission  to  China  were  persecuted  for 
confessing  Christ,  and  were  threatened  with  loss  of  property  and  life 
if  they  would  not  renounce  the  faith,  their  bearing  was  as  heroic  and 
their  speech  as  thrilling  as  the  bearing  and  the  speech  of  faithful  wit- 
nesses in  Covenanter  story.  These  men  have  been  tested  and  found 
genuine,  and  sooner  or  later  the  Chinese  officials  who  are  now  prac- 
ticing an  obstructive  policy,  will,  under  unconscious  pressure  from  the 
Mediatorial  Throne,  remove  existing  barriers  to  the  extension  of  the 
work. 

In  the  I^evant  the  tactics  of  the  enemy  have  been  slightly  different, 
more  secret  and  treacherous.  On  Wednesday,  April  14,  1909,  news  of 
a  Moslem  uprising  against  the  Armenians  at  Adana,  in  Asia  Minor, 
startled  the  Christian  world  and  filled  all  Christian  hearts  with  so- 
licitude as  to  the  safety  of  missionaries  and  their  converts  in  Asiatic 
Turkey.  No  one  can  tell  whether  this  uprising  was,  as  reports  seem 
to  indicate,  the  result  of  secret  instructions  from  Abdul  Hamid,  who, 
on  the  previous  day,  a  date  that  will  be  memorable  in  Turkish  history, 
had,  with  characteristic  perfidy,  broken  his  solemn  promise  to  secure 
civil  and  religious  liberty  in  the  Empire,  and  thus  set  in  motion,  or, 
rather,  gave  fresh  impetus  to  a  political  revolution,  the  issue  of  which  is 
known  only  to  the  Head  of  the  Church.  In  the  massacre  begun  at 
Adana  and  extending  throughout  the  province  of  Asia  Minor  and  into 
Syria,  two  American  missionaries  were  accidentallj^  shot  while  at- 
tempting to  save  a  building  from  destruction  by  fire,  while  some  of 
their  native  ministers,  on  the  way  to  an  evangelistic  conference,  and 
many  helpless  men  and  women  were  ruthlessly  murdered.  Happily,  no 
harm  came  to  any  of  our  representatives,  and  none  of  the  converts,  so 
far  as  known,  have  lost  their  lives,  though  many  have  suffered  great 
privation.  According  to  Dr.  Ralph's  dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press 
on  Friday,  April  30,  "the  condition  of  the  refugees  coming  into  Latakia 
from  the  devastated  districts  to  the  north  was  pitiable,"  while  in 
Mersina  and  Tarsus,  as  a  letter  from  Rev.  C.  A.  Dodds,  dated  April  20-21, 
informs  us,  there  were  great  destitution  and  suffering. 

In  these  and  in  many  other  ways  Pagan  Chinese  and  fanatical 
Moslems  may  show  their  hatred  of  Christ,  and  may  be  allowed  to  per- 
secute Him  in  the  person  of  His  followers,  but  the  defeat  of  Islamism 
in  Turkey  and  the  triumph  of  Christianity  in  China  are  as  certain  as 
that  the  Lord  lives  and  reigns  to  put  all  enemies  under  His  feet.  And 
there  is  no  cause  for  alarm.  He  permits  the  existence  of  evil,  but  has 
set  limits  to  its  operations,  so  that  it  may  not  be  carried  by  individual 
or  community  beyond  His  good  pleasure.  Though  no  human  power 
can  control  the  tide  of  evil  in  society.  He  can  say:  "Thus  far  shalt 
thou  come  and  no  further,  and  here  shall  thy  proud  waves  be  stayed.' 
He  even  employs  the  wrath  of  man  for  the  accomplishment  of  a  wise 
and  holy  purpose  to  save  the  world. 

Accordingly,  we  are  able,  speaking  in  general  terms,  to  report  en- 
couraging progress  in  our  Foreign  Missions.  The  annual  statements 
from  the  several  fields,  which  will  be  published  along  with  this  paper, 
are  evidently  prepared  with  great  care  and  reveal  that  interest  in  the 
work  which  is  the  true  measure  of  success. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PREACHING  AND  SCHOOL  WORK. 

Syria. — The  report  from  Syria  is  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ed- 
gar, written  in  the  breezy  style  that  makes  his  letters  so  attractive. 
Taking  his  readers  with  him   on   "an   initial  tour  of  the  Latakia  field," 


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he  halts  at  each  of  the  six  outstations,  with  their  aggregate  enrollment 
of  280  pupils,  long  enough  to  learn  its  history,  present  condition  and 
prospects.  He  shows  how  in  Jendairia,,  where  Dr.  R.  J.  Dodds  founded 
.a  mission  forty  years  ago,  "a  little  band  of  people,"  without  a  build- 
ing for  school  or  church,  the  Turk  having  robbed  them  of  both,  "are 
true  to  their  Lord  and  ever  appreciate  what  grace  has  done  for  them"'; 
how  at  Bahamra  a  Bible  reader,  by  visiting  from  house  to  house  and 
holding  religious  services  on  Sabbath,  has  kept  the  lamp  of  truth 
burning  for  many  years,  in  spite  of  the  fierce  attempt  of  the  enemy 
to  blow  it  out;  how  in  Tartoos  the  wife  of  the  late  licentiate  Yakob 
Juraidiny,  who,  after  a  long  life  of  singular  devotedness  as  teacher  and 
evangelist,  died  suddenly,  June  28,  1908,  when  on  his  way  to  his  native 
village  in  the  Lebanon  to  spend  the  summer  holidays  with  his  children, 
is  carrying  on  the  work  with  commendable  devotion  and  success,  the 
teacher  of  the  boys  "conducting  services  on  the  Sabbath,  an  attendance 
of  110  at  the  Sabbath  school  and  88  at  the  morning  service,  and  others 
standing  at  the  windows  outside,"  yet,  owing  to  the  persistent  oppo- 
sition of  the  Greeks,  only  eight  members;  and  how  at  Gunaimla,  an  Ar- 
menian village  where  there  are  over  seventy  communicants,  the  people 
seem  hungry  for  the  gospel,  and  on  Communion  Sabbath,  the  "gathering 
was  so  large  as  to  tax  the  size  and  strength  of  the  building,"  while  "Mr. 
Stewart  had  to  stand  in  the  doorway  so  as  to  reach  those  without  and 
within."  "To  visit  these  places,"  writes  Mr.  Edgar,  "places  that  have 
been  the  center  of  bright  hopes  and  the  source  of  many  discouragements 
in  the  lives  of  workers,  who  have  gone  to  their  reward,  leaves  new 
and  lasting  impressions,  which  show,  as  the  Master  said,  that  wherever 
men  are  found  there  we  find  all  the  different  kinds  of  soil  for  the  gospel." 

The  girls'  school  in  Latakia,  under  the  supervision  of  Misses  Wylie 
and  Patton,  reports  58  boarders  and  54  day  pupils,  among  whom  are  8 
little  Moslem  girls.  At  the  close  of  the  school  year  five  are  expected 
to  graduate,  all  members  of  the  church.  In  the  boys'  school,  in  charge 
of  Miss  Edgar,  there  were  45  day  pupils  and  47  boarders,  of  whom  26 
are  the  children  of  Church  members  and  10  professing  Christians  them- 
selves. Mr.  Edgar  says,  in  bearing  testimony  to  the  excellent  work 
done  in  these  schools:  "Our  desire  for  it  is  an  increase  in  efficiency  and 
a  wider  domain.  The  place  that  the  gospel  has  in  our  schools  here 
is  far  ahead  of  anything  we  know  about  at  home.  The  children  go 
from  our  schools  to  their  homes  with  such  a  knowledge  of  the  Word  and 
our  standards  as  would  make  some  of  us  feel  ashamed  if  we  had  to  un- 
dergo an  examination  with  them  in  pulilic.  All  the  school  work  has 
for  its  aim  the  reaching  of  individual  souls.  Then  on  the  Lord's  Day  the 
week  is  crowned  with  the  preaching  of  the  Word." 

The  pulpit  in  Latakia  has  been  occupied  every  Sabbath,  and  the  out- 
stations have  been  visited  as  frequently  as  possible.  On  this  service 
Mr.  Stewart  "has  spent  about  48  days,  in  the  saddle,  and  this  means 
93  days  away  from  home."  In  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Edgar,  "it  would 
mean  new  power  to  all  the  places,  were  we  able  to  keep  a  man  in  this 
work  constantly,  as  at  home  it  requires  the  constant  care  of  the  pastor, 
not  only  on  the  Sabbath,  but  all  the.  time,  to  help  the  people  to  that 
high  standard  of  life  that  the  Master  desires." 

In  and  around  this  center  there  are  224  communicants,  a  net  loss 
of  four,  there  having  been  an  increase  of  eleven  during  the  year,  but 
a  decrease  of  fifteen  owing  to  death,  transfer,  and  other  reasons.  The 
Lord's  supper  was  administered  seven  times. 

In  Suadia  there  has  been  much  bad  feeling  among  the  people  be- 
cause a  minister  and  doctor  were  not  stationed  there,  as  they  were  led 
to  expect.       Revs.   McFarland  and  Edgar  were  both  willing  to  go,   but 


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the  Board  did  not  feel  that  it  would  be  prudent  to  send  either  of  them, 
when  it  was  impossible  to  secure  the  services  of  a  resident  physician. 
Their  dissatisfaction  was  shown  in  neglect  of  ordinances  and  constant 
fault-finding,  but  it  seems  now  to  have  largely  passed  away.  Since 
the  appointment  of  a  school  teacher  in  January  the  members  have  been 
attending  public  worship  with  more  regularity,  and  at  the  Communion 
the  last  week  in  March  all  the  thirty-six  members  were  present,  but 
one  family. 

As  to  the  school  work,  we  will  let  the  field  report  speak:  "The  girls' 
school,  which  had  been  begun  outside  of  the  Mission  in  the  early  part  of 
the  year,  has  now  come  back  home  and  has  an  average  attendance  of 
twenty.  The  teacher  is  a  daughter  of  one  of  our  members  and  a  grad- 
uate of  Latakia.  The  boys'  school  had  a  surprising  attendance.  A 
larger  number  from  the  Fellahin  have  been  in  this  year  than  ever  be- 
■fore.  Although  attempts  were  made  to  stop  them,  yet  they  have  con- 
tinued to  come,  and  replied,  'We  have  our  liberty  now.'  The  attend- 
ance has  been  close  to  ninety."  "A  woman  who  has  acted  as  Bible 
reader  in  the  past,"  writes  Mr.  Edgar,  "has  been  reappointed,  and  we 
trust  that  now,  as  never  before,  the  reading  of  the  Word  and  the 
personal  work  may  be  the  means  of  leading  many  to  accept  our  Sa- 
viour." 

Asia  Minor. — The  report  from  Asia  Minor  is  also  a  very  full  and  clear 
statement  of  facts  regarding  the  work  that  the  home  churches  need 
to  know,  and  it  will  repny  careful  study.  In  the  absence  of  Miss  Ster- 
rett  on  furlough  the  boarding  school  at  Mersina  was  suspended,  but 
two  day  schools,  with  an  enrollment  of  104  boys  and  52  girls,  were  con- 
ducted under  the  oversight  and  direction  of  Miss  French.  The  en- 
rolled attendance  of  the  school  in  Tarsus  was  64  boys  and  26  girls,  43 
of  the  former  and  8  of  the  latter  being  Fellahin.  There  was  also 
a  school  in  Karadash  of  24  pupils,  chiefly  from  Greek  orthodox  families, 
making  a   total  of  270  under  instruction   in  the   field. 

In  Mersina  there  were  services  in  Arabic-  every  Sabbath,  and 
in  the  middle  of  the  week,  and  service  in  English  on  the  morning  of 
the  Sabbath  to  accommoate  resident  Europeans,  that  is  well  attended. 
Since  the  arrival  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  E.  Willson,  October  22,  1908, 
he  has  taken  that  English  service  the  first  Sabbath  of  each  month. 
In  Tarsus  religious  services,  have  been  held  regularly  twice  on  Sab- 
bath, as  well  as  on  Wednesday  and  Friday  evenings,  and  there  is  al- 
ways a  good  attendance  of  poor  people.  And  in  Adana  the  evange- 
list has  continued,  as  opportunity  offers,  to  preach  Christ  in  shops  and 
houses,  "a  work,"  writes  Mr.  Dodds,  "for  which  he  seems  well  quali- 
fied." Thus  with  the  assistance  of  two  Bible  readers  the  gospel  work 
is  carried  on.  The  Lord's  Supper  was  administered  once  in  each  of 
the  three  cities,  and  there  are  in  the  field  sixty-nine  members,  an  in- 
crease of  nine  and  a  decrease  of  7. 

In  reading  the  annual  statement  of  this  Mission  it  is  noticeable 
with  what  accuracy  Mr.  Dodds  foreshadows  something  of  the  present 
trouble  in  Turkey;  "Turkey  enjoys  freedom  of  a  kind,  but  let  no  one 
too  hastily  infer  that  the  Kingdom  of  God  is  immediately  to  appear. 
The  reign  of  freedom  is  not  without  indications  that  it  may  develop 
into  a  reign  of  terror.  Liberty,  in  the  popular  mind,  seems  to  be  de- 
fined as  license.  A  great  impetus  has  been  given  to  the  trade  in  fire- 
arms, these  being  now  imported  freelj-,  bought  largely  and  used  reck- 
lessly. Drunkenness,  too,  has  greatly  increased,  for  men  look  on 
liberty  as  furnishing  an  opportunity  to  cast  off  all  restraint.  Whether 
saner  ideas  will  prevail  and  Turkey  pass  with  comparative  safety 
through  this  stage,  or  whether  the  country  will  drift  into  a  state  of 
anarchy  and  general  bloodshed,   it  would  be  difficult  at  this  writing  to 


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tell.  Conditions  are  very  unstable  and  far  from  satisfactory."  Further 
on  in  his  report  Mr.  Dodde  says:  '"Possibly  some  may  have  looked  for 
more  immediate  results  in  the  way  of  conversions  as  an  effect  of  the 
proclamation  of  liberty;  but  a  little  reflection  will,  we 
think,  show  that  such  expectations  are  not  altogether 
\A'arranted.  Freedom — certainly  not  such  freedom  as  Turkey 
now  has —  will  not  change  men's  hearts  Its  immediate  effect,  judg- 
ing from  our  own  observation,  seems  to  be  rather  to  dwarf  every  other 
consideration  into  insignificance  in  comparison  with  possible  political 
advantage  afforded  One  man,  an  Armenian,  said  to  our  evangelist 
in  Adana:  'Why  are  you  always  teaching  this  gospel?  The  gospel  is 
the  ruin  of  our  country.'  His  idea  was  that  its  acceptance  thwarted 
political  aims  This  sentiment  is  perhaps  more  prominent  among  Ar- 
menians than  among  the  Arabic-speaking  population,  but  still  if  is  prob- 
ably true  that  the  general  effect  for  the  moment  of  the  new  order  of 
things  has  been  to  beget,  if  not  opposition,  at  least  deepened  indiffer- 
ence to  the  gospel." 

Cyprus. — In  reviewing  the  work  on  the  Island  of  Cyprus,  Mr.  McCar- 
roU  cannot  find  much  to  encourage  him.  The  Lord's  Supper  was  ad- 
ministered in  Larnaca  and  in  Nicosia,  and  two  were  received  into  full 
communion;  Vjut  there  was  a  loss  of  four,  reducing  the  roll  of  member- 
ship to  31,  and  probably  eight  or  ten  will  leave  the  island  this  summer 
in  search  of  employment,  which  they  cannot  find  at  home. 

The  school,  however,  that  Synod  authorized  him  to  establish  in 
Larnaca,  gives  promise  of  larger  fruit  of  labor.  He  reports  an  at- 
tendance of  38  boys — 13  Greeks,  13  Turkish,  7  Armenians,  and  5  Eng- 
lish, very  satisfactory  work  done,  and  so  bright  a  financial  outlook  that 
he  has  notified  the  Board  that  he  will  only  require  $2,000  instead  of  $2,- 
500,  to  cover  all  expenses  next  year.  He  mentions  one  instance  of  its 
good  influence:  "Last  week  one  of  the  school  boys  was  ill.  I  went  to 
visit  him,  and  found  his  mother  ill  also.  After  a  short  talk  I  asked 
permission  to  read  a  passage  from  the  Scriptures  and  to  pray,  which 
was  readily  granted.  Yesterday  the  father  met  me  and  expressed  his 
satisfaction  at  my  having  read  the  gospel  with  his  wife.  The  school 
thus  affords  opportunities  of  access  into  homes  which  otherwise  I 
would  not  dream  of  entering." 

Our  missionary  has  made  arrangements  with  Licentiate  J.  D.  Edgar 
to  take  the  position  of  principal  or  head  master  of  the  school,  and  the 
Board  has  agreed  to  pay  his  traveling  expenses  to  the  field.  Mr.  Mc- 
Carroll  will  thus  be  released  from  school  duties  that  demanded  so  much 
of  his  time  last  year,  and  free  to  go  out  on  preaching  tours  and  do 
the  work  of  an  evangelist. 

China. — "In  China,"  writes  A.  I.  Robb,  "it  has  been  a  year  of  pro- 
gress. Our  numbers  have  been  increased,  and  we  think  our  people 
are  increasing  in  knowledge  and  Christian  stature.  Official  opposition 
has  hindered  our  work,  but  our  people  have  stood  true  in  bitter  perse- 
cution, and  are  neither  cast  down  nor  discouraged."  Evidently  the 
missionaries  at  Tak  Hing  Chau  are  using  all  Scriptural  means  to 
bring  the  vast  multitude  around  them  under  the  power  of  saving  truth, 
and  are  growingly  successful  through  a  wise  division  of  labor.  Be- 
sides the  regular  preaching  of  the  gospel  on  Sabbath,  of  whch  Rev. 
J.  K.  Robb  has  charge.  Sabbath  schools  and  weekly  prayer  meetings, 
daily  meetings  were  held  in  the  Robert  McNeill  Memorial  chapel  dur- 
ing the  first  week  of  the  Chinese  year,  at  which  there  was  "an  at- 
tendance ranging  from  about  sixty  one  wet  day  to  a  crowded  home  and 
an  overflow  meeting  of  <^eventy  or  eighty  in  Ihe  basement,"  and  for  four 
weeks  the  senior  missionary  conducted  a  class  for  the  study  of  the  Bible, 


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to  which  were  invited  only  "male  members  of  the  Church  of  mature 
years."  Three  of  the  four  s'tiidents,  who  had  completed  the  course  of 
three  years  at  the  Training  School,  have  been  sent  out  as  evangelists, 
two  to  Sha  Pong,  where  the  Mission  has  "leased  a  house  for  ten  years 
ns  a  chapel,"  and  a  third  to  Tung  On,  "a  new  district  southeast  of 
Tak  Hing  Chau  and  adjoining  it  "  Three  men  employed  as  colporteurs, 
have  sold  3906  copies  of  the  gospels  and  the  Book  of  Acts,  29  New  Tes- 
taments and  1480  tracts.  "These  men  in  some  cases,"  reports  Rev. 
E.  C.  Mitchell,  who  has  charge  of  this  department,  "have  gone  quite 
iong  distances  to  the  north  and  west  of  the  Mission  to  regions  that  have 
rot  been  touched  by  any  foreign  missionary."  "A  number  of  people 
have  been  brought  to  the  Mission  and  enrolled  as  applicants  for  bap- 
tism who  have  received  all  the  knowledge  they  have  of  the  gospel  from 
tnese  booksellers."  Three  schools  have  been  in  operation,  one  for  boys 
under  the  efficient  management  of  Rev.  Julius  A.  Kempf,  and  another 
for  girls  and  a  third  for  women  under  the  judicious  supervision  of  Dr. 
Kate  McBurney.  In  the  schools  there  were  32  boys,  25  girls  and  7 
women  under  daily  religious  instruction.  Dr.  Jean  McBurney  has  also 
conducted  twice  a  week  a  children's  class  for  Bible  study,  with  an  en- 
rollment of  33,  and  on  Sabbath  a  class  of  16,  "open  to  all,"  but  "es- 
pecially for  those  who  wish  to  apply  for  baptism."  And  Rev.  W.  M. 
Robb  has  been  entrusted  with  the  care  of  the  Mission  finances. 

No  marvel,  with  all  these  appliances  for  evangelism,  that  the  Mis- 
sion can  report  progress,  an  increase  of  27  in  membership,  making,  after 
deducting  a  loss  of  4,  a  communicant  roll  of  98.  And  we  can  well 
believe  that  with  the  blessing  of  God  upon  such  an  enthusiastic  band 
oC  laborers,  the  "concentrated  universal  determination  of  official  China" 
t<i  prevent  the  securing  of  property  outside  of  Tak  Hing  Chau  will 
soon  be  forced  to  yield. 

MEDICAL    DEPARTMENT. 

Only  a  word  or  two  need  be  said  in  regard  to  the  medical  depart- 
ments of  the  Missions.  Dr.  Balph  reports  1100  visits  to  town  patients, 
not  less  than  6000  office  treatments,  and  100  cases  in  the  hospital,  be- 
sides answering  calls  from  villages.  The  Doctor  is  greatly  encour- 
aged by  the  presence  of  Miss  Elsey,  who  reached  Latakia,  October  25, 
1908,  and  on  his  testimony  has  shown  herself  well  qualified  for  the  po- 
sition of  head  nurse,  and  ready  to  bear  her  full  share  of  the  burden- 
some service  both  in  the  hospital  and  at  the  tri-weekly  clinics.  Dr. 
McCarroll,  of  Cyprus,  reports  7888  treatments,  20  visits  to  outlying 
villages,  and  open  doors  into  some  of  the  influential  families  of  Nicosia. 
As  Dr.  John  Peoples  has  recently  passed  the  imperial  examination  at 
Constantinople,  and  has  secured  permission  to  practice  his  profession 
in  Turkey,  he  is  now  ready  to  inaugurate  similar  work  at  Mersina. 

The  statements  from  the  physicians  at  Tak  Hing  Chau  contain. in- 
teresting details  that  cannot  be  embodied  in  this  report  for  want 
of  space.  Dr.  J.  M.  Wright  was  away  from  the  field  on  furlough 
for  nine  months,  returning  to  his  post  early  in  January,  1909.  In 
his  absence  the  Gregg  Memorial  Hospital  was  in  charge  of  his  as- 
.sociates,  Drs.  Kate  and  Jean  McBurney,  and  Dr.  Ida  M.  Scott,  and 
thus  the  work  was  carried  on  faithfully  and  with  encouraging  re- 
sults. But  necessarily  the  itinerating  work,  an  important  feature  of 
the  medical  service  and  an  effective  agency  in  extending  a  knowledge 
of  the   truth,   was   interrupted   to   some   extent. 

Both  in  the  hospital  at  Latakia  and  the  hospital  at  Tak  Hang  Chau 


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only  Christians  are  employed  as  assistants,  and  at  all  the  dispensaries 
the  gospel  is  read  and  explained.  Assuming  that  all  the  mission- 
aries are  careful  to  take  advantage  of  these  opportunities  to  preacn 
Christ,  no  one  can  estimate  the  spiritual  results. 

SUMMARY. 

That  the  churches  may  see  at  a  glance  the  present  condition  f 
the  work  in  the  foreign  fields,  we  give  the  following  summary: 

Five  stations,  or  places  where  missionaries  reside,  and  11  outsta- 
tjons,  or  places  where  there  are  native  members  or  where  some  kind  of 
work  is  carried  on; 

Eleven   ordained  American   ministers  and    6    American   teachers; 

One  ordained  Greek  minister,  one  licentiate,  6  evangelists,  5  Bible 
readers  and  3   colporteurs; 

Seventeen  schools  and  38  teachers,  with  966  pupils  under  daily 
religious    instruction; 

Four  hundred  and  fifty-eight  native  communicants,  49  added  dur- 
ing the  year,  a  net  increase  of  24  members,  23  of  the  gain  to  be  cred- 
ited to  China;   and 

Seven  American  physicians  and  surgeons,  1  American  trained 
nurse,   1   pharmacist,  2   hospitals  and  many  dispensaries. 

GENERAL   ITEMS. 

It  remains  to  record  a  few  items  that  claim  attention,  but  couid 
not   be   easily   woven   into   the   body  of  this   report: 

Last  summer  Rev.  R.  A.  Blair  lost  the  vision  of  his  left  eye, 
due  to  detachment  of  the  retina,  and  on  the  advice  of  two  surgeon 
specialists  in  Hong  Kong,  returned  home,  November  13,  1908,  and  is 
at  present  engaged  in  visiting  the  churches  and  telling  the  story  of  thi 
work  in  China. 

Miss  Jennie  Dean,  appointed  a  year  ago  to  take  charge  of  the 
girls'  school  at  Tak  Hing  Chau,  reached  China  December  4,  190S,  with 
Rev.  J.  K.  Robb  and  family  on  their  return  from  a  brief  furlough  in 
America. 

Dr.  Kate  McBurney,  who  had  been  very  ill  for  some  months  be- 
fore leaving  China,  and  her  sister,  Dr.  Jean  McBurney,  arrived  in  the 
harbor  of  San  Francisco,  April  23,  1909,  reporting  "both  well  and 
happy."  They  will  spend  the  summer  with  friends  in  the  United 
States,  seeking  rest  and  restoration.  Rev.  James  S.  Stewart  and 
family  will  also  visit  this  country  the  coming  autumr.  on  furlough  after 
another  ten  years  of  missionary  labor  in  Syria. 

During  the  recent  Moslem  massacre  at  Kessab  the  Mission  prop- 
erty was  destroyed  by  fire,  including  the  summer  house  of  Rev.  James 
S.  Stewart,  valued,  with  its  contents,  at  $2,500,  a  building  erected  for 
Rev.  J.  B.  Dodds,  then  resident  missionary  at  Suadia,  and  a  house  be- 
longing to  Dr.   Martin  of  Antioch. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  board,  a  request  from  Rtv.  Julius  Kempf, 
endorsed  by  the  Mission  at  Tak  Hing  Chau,  to  "make  the  boarding 
department  of  the  boys'  school  permanent,"  was  granted. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  financial  reports  of  Treasurer  Miller, 
which   show  a  falling  off  in   the  contributions  to  both  foreign   missions 


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and   thus   indirectly    urge    the   necessity   of   increasing   liberality   on    the 
part  of  the  home  church. 

The  Board  has  appointed  Drs.  T.  P.  Stevenson  and  J.  C.  Mc- 
Feeters.  with  elder  Henry  O'Neil,  President  of  the  Foreign  Board,  dele- 
gates to  the  third  World  Missionary  Conference,  to  be  held  in  Edin- 
burg,   Scotland,  June   1910,  subject  to  the  approval   of  Synod. 

Finally  the  Board  asks  the  unceasing  prayers  of  the  home  church 
for  its  missionaries  and  their  converts  in  all  the  foreign  fields,  and 
earnestly  appeals  for  contributions  to  a  fund  for  the  relief  of  thoye 
in  the  Levant  missions  who  are  suffering  for  the  necessaries  of 
life.  Many  have  already  forwarded  generous  offerings  to  the  Treas- 
urer, but  more  will  be  required  not  only  to  repay  the  thousand  dol- 
lars advanced  from  the  treasury,  but  also  to  meet  urgent  calls  for  help. 
And  we  are  sure  that  all  at  home  will  count  it  a  privilege  to  share 
the  sufferings  of  our  brethren  across  the  sea. 
""     Respectfully  submitted,   in   the   name   of  the  Board, 

R.   M.   SOMMERVILT.E.   Cor.   Sec'y. 

The  Minutes  of  the  Syrian  Commission  were  read,  and  or- 
dered to  be  engrossed  in  tlie  Minutes  of  Synod.  They  are  as 
follows : 

Guzne,  Wednesday  July  22,  1908.  3  p.  m. 

The  Syrian  Commission  met  at  the  call  of  the  chairman  at  the 
above  place  md  date,  in  accordance  with  the  action  taken  at  the 
last  meeting.  After  a  season  of  devotional  exercises  the  commis- 
sion was  constituted  with  prayer  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Dodds. 

The  roll  was  called  and  is  as  follows:  Ministers — C.  A.  Dodds, 
Samuel  Edgar,  Walter  McCarroll,  Andrew  J.  McFarland,  James  S.  Stew- 
art.      Elders — J.   M.   Balph,   M.   D.,   Jno.  Peoples,   M.   D. 

The  minutes  of  last  meeting  were  read.  The  Commission  pro- 
ceeded to  the  election  of  officers  which  resulted  as  follows:  Chairman, 
Walter  McCarroll;    clerk,   John   Peoples. 

A  program  for  the  meeting  was  arranged,  the  meetings  to  be  held 
in  the  home  of  C.  A.  Dodds. 

The  meeting  adjourned  to  meet  Thursday  at  9  a.  m.  Rev.  Andrew 
J.   McFarland   adjourning  with   prayer. 

THURSDAY,    JULY    23,    1908,    9:00    A.    M. 

The  Commission  met  in  accordance  with  adjournment  and  was  con- 
stituted with  prayer  by  the  chairman. 

The  committee  (  Rev.  James  S.  Stewart)  on  the  revision  of  the  trans- 
lation of  the  R.  P.  Testimony  reported  that  it  had  completed  a  tenta- 
tive revision,  which  is  hereby  submitted  to  the  Commission.  The 
committee  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  Revs.  C.  A.  Dodds  and  A.  J. 
McFarland,  and  was  instructed  to  examine  the  revision  as  presented;  to 
confer  with  the  members  of  the  Irish  Mission,  and,  in  case  of  a  satis- 
factory agreement,  after  consultation  with  the  other  members  of 
the   commission,  to  proceed  with   the   publication  of  the   same. 

A  paper  was  read  by  Rev.  James  S.  Stewart  on  "The  Intervening 
period   between   the   Old  and   New   Testaments." 

The  members  of  the  Commission  resident  at  Latakia  were  ap- 
pointed  a   committee   to    consult   with   the    members    of   the    congrega- 


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tions  at  Latakia  and  Jendairia  as  to  the  advisability  of  uniting  these 
two  congregations.  It  was  decided  to  proceed,  at  the  next  meeting  of 
the  commission,  with  the  ordination  of  Calvin  McCarroll,  M.  D.,  to 
the  office  of  Ruling  Elder.  The  Commission  took  recess  till  3  p.  m. 
Rev.    Samuel    Edgar   closing   with    prayef. 

THURSDAY,   JULY   2.3,    1908,    3    P.    M. 

The  meeting  was  opened  with  prayer  by  J.  M.  Balph,  M.  D.  The 
minutes  of  the  morning  session  were  read.  It  was  decided  to  hold 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Commission  at  Uatakia,  as  near  April  1st,  1910, 
as  practicable.  The  chairman  and  clerk  were  instructed  to  prepare 
a  program  for  the  next  meeting  of  the  Commission.  Rev.  C.  A.  Dodds 
was  appointed  Moderator's  Alternate,  to  preach  the  retiring  Moderator's 
sermon.  Rev.  James  S.  Stewart  and  J.  M.  Balph,  M.  D.,  wei-e  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  prepare  a  minute  on  the  death  of  Licentiate 
Juraidiny. 

The  retiring  Moderator's  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Walter 
McCarroll,  from  the  text:  Heb.  5:  7.  The  meeting  was  adjourned  with 
prayer  by  the  chairman. 

FRIDAY,  JULY  24,  1908,  3  P.  M. 

The  meeting  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  Rev.  James  S.  Stew- 
art. The  minutes  of  the  preceding  session  were  read.  The  com- 
mittee to  prepare  a  minute  on  the  death  of  Licentiate  Juraidiny  present- 
ed  its   report,   which   follows: 

"Your  committee  on  the  death  of  Jacob  Juraidiny  would  respect- 
fully report: 

"This  Godly  and  faithful  servant  of  the  Lord  was  suddenly  called 
to  rest  June  25th,  1908,  at  Beirout,  and  was  buried  at  his  native  place, 
Shwaifat.  He  was  somewhere  about  70  years  of  age,  and  had  spent 
more  than  40  years  in  connection  with  our  Syrian  JMission,  as  teacher 
and  as  preacher  of  the  Word.  He  was  licensed  some  25  years  ago.  He 
was  sound  in  faith  and  his  delight  was  in  the  law  of  the  Lord.  It  is  not 
too  much  to  say  that  he  walked  before  God  blameless,  in  regard  to 
personal  piety,  study  and  use  of  the  Scriptures,  family  worship.  Sab- 
bath-keeping   and    good    works. 

"His  (7)  children,  with  a  single  exception,  are  following  in  his 
footsteps.  They  rise  up  and  call  him  blessed.  'Help,  Lord,  for  the 
godly  man  ceaseth,  for  the  faithful  fail  from  among  the  children 
of   men.'    " 

JAMES  S.  STEWART, 
J.    M.    BALPH. 

Committee 

Papers  were  presented  by: 

Ma'alim   Phillip,    "Evangelical    Schools." 

Ma'alim  Michael,  "His  Work  in  Tarsus." 

Ma'alim   Hanna,  "His  Work  in  Adana." 

The  minutes  were  read,  corrected  and  adopted.  The  meeting  was 
adjourned  with  prayer  by  the  chairman. 

WALTER    McCarroll,    chairman. 
JOHN    PEOPLES,    Clerk. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Home  Missions  was  taken 
from  the  table.  The  Committee  presented  a  supplementary  rc- 
])ort.      The  report  was  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption.     Tten-.s 


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I  and  2  were  adopted.  The  supplementary  report  was  adopted. 
D.  H.  Elliott,  Henry  Wallace  and  W.  W.  Carithers  spoke 
on  behalf  of  the  Indian  Mission  :  S.  A.  S.  Metheny  spoke  on  be- 
half of  the  Jewish  Mission  ;  and  J.  G.  Reed  spoke  on  behalf  of 
the  Southern  Mission. 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows  : 

REPORT    OF'    THE    COMMITTEE    ON    HOME    MISSIONS. 

The  comrrittpe  on  HoTie  Missions  would  respectfully  report  that 
two  papers,  the  report  of  the  Central  Board  of  Missions,  and  the  re- 
port  of   the   Jewish   Board    of   Missions,    have   been    referred    to   us. 

The  spiritual  condition  of  all  the  missions  under  the  care  of  these 
Boards,  as  will  be  seen  by  ihe  subjoined  reports,  is  most  gratifying 
to  us,  and  is  a  cause  of  graalude  to  the  Lord  for  His  goodness. 

The  Domestic  .Mis.sior  Board  has  had  a  very  favorable  year,  all 
the  appropriations  naving  been  paid  in  full  and  a  respectable  balance 
teing   in   the    treasury. 

With  regard  to  the  matter  contained  in  the  reports  we  submit  the 
following   recommendations: 

1.  The  Synod  expresses  its  high  appreciation  of  the  industry, 
ability  and  faithfulness  of  tlie  workers  in  the  several  Missions  under 
the  care  of  these  Boards,  its  profound  sympathy  with  those  who 
have  labored  so  hard  is  lo  impair  their  health,  and  its  earnest  desire 
for   their   complete   recovery. 

2.  In  particulai  the  Synod  recognizes  the  faithful  and  efficient 
services  of  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Reed,  and  hopes  that  circumstances  may 
permit  him  to  recall  his  resignation,  and  remain  in. the  work  at  Selma. 

3.  That  the  synod  expresses  its  appreciation  of  the  generosity 
of  the  church  that,  in  a  year  of  great  financial  stringency,  only  one 
Mission,  the  Indian  Mission,  reports  a  deficit,  a  lack  that  we  hope 
will  soon  be  made  up. 

4.  That  as  the  litigation  for  the  church  property  at  East  Crafts- 
bury  has  been  decided  in  favor  of  the  church  the  congregation  there 
be  placed  under  the  care  of  New  York  Presbytery. 

5.  That  the  proposed  mission  among  the  Southern  Mountaineers  be 
established,  if  sufficient  funds  be  provided  for  the  purpose  and  that 
the  Board  make  this  known  to  the  church. 

6.  That  the  two  vacancies  in  the  Jewish  Mission  Board  be 
filled  by  the  election  of  Mr.  John  Buchanan  and  Dr.  William  Steele. 

SUPPLEMENTARY  REPORT. 

With    regard    to    the    two    .-esolutions    referred    to    us    from    Colorado 
Presbytery   we   recommend: 

1.  That  the  Rev.  T.  M.  Slater  lie  appointed  to  have  charge  of 
a  bureau  of  information  concerning  members  of  our  church  who 
move  from  their  home  congre,gations  to  localities  where  there  are  none, 
especially  in  the  west. 

2.  That  the  work  for  the  Chinese  and  the  white  people  in  Oak- 
land be  carried  on  separately  and  in  different  localities,  that  the  Rev. 
W.  C.   Allen  have  charge  of  both  and   that   such   assistance  as   may  be 


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necessary  in  the  Chinese  school  be  paid  out  of  the  funds  derived  from 

the  Gregg  bequest. 

W.   J.   COLEMAN, 
J.    C.     McFEETERS, 
G.    R.    STEELE. 
A.    P.    DONAHU, 
T.    J.    Edgar. 

REPORT    OF    THE    CENTRAL    BOARD    OF    MISSIONS. 

In  making  this,  our  fifty-fifth  annual  report,  we  are  glad  to  be 
able  to  state  that  the  work  entrusted  to  our  care  has  prospered  in 
every  department.  There  wjjs  but  little  sickness  in  either  mission. 
No  epidemic  prevailed  among  the  scholars  as  in  some  former  years; 
the  attendance  was  good;  encouraging  progress  was  made  in  the 
studies,  and  notwithstanding  the  hard  times,  the  financial  exhibit 
is  gratifying.  The  seeming  exception  in  the  case  of  the  Indian  Mis- 
sion is  i)artly  accounted  fpi'  by  the  purchase  of  young  liv'e  stock 
which  when  sold  in  the  fall,  it  is  expected,  will  be  quite  a  .source  of 
income. 

DOMESTIC    MISSION. 

The  Southern  Mountaineers.  The  Board  could  not  see  its  way 
clear  to  open  a  mission  among  this  people;  chiefly  on  account  of  the 
financial  stringency.  At  the  same  time  it  should  be  stated  that  earn- 
est efforts  are  being  made  bv  others  to  supply  their  spiritual  needs, 
so  that  the  destitution  is  not  by  any  means  so  great  as  it  was.  We 
leave    this   whole    matter   with    Synod. 

East  Craftsbury.  The  litigation  with  reference  to  the  church 
property  has  terminated  in  our  favor.  The  church  building  and  par- 
sonage are  now  in  our  possession.  To  Mr.  Crozier  largely  belongs 
the  credit  for  this.  Never  for  a  moment  doubting  that  we  had  a 
legal  as  well  as  a  moral  right  to  the  property,  he  labored  unceasingly, 
and  as  it  proved,  successfully,  to  establish  our  claim.  On  account  of 
sickness  and  a  sore  domestic  affliction  in  which  he  has  the  sympathy 
of  the  entire  church,  he  was  not  able  to  remain  at  East  Craftsbury. 
Rev.  Wm.  McFarland  has  been  the  supply  since  Mr.  Crozier  left.  At 
present  the  congregation  is  without  preaching. 

The  congregation  is  quite  small,  numbering  9.  The  prospects  for 
growth  are  not  encouraging.  The  purpose  for  which  the  congre- 
gation was  placed  under  our  care  having  been  accomplished  so  far 
as  in  our  power  we  refer  the  whole  matter  back  to  Synod. 

Receipts     $15,783  11 

Expenditures     14,107  77 

Balance    $  1,675  34 

The  above   includes  Sustentation   Fund. 
We  ask  for  this  mi.^sion  !i;i2,000. 

SOUTHERN  MISSION. 

But  little  change  has  been  made  in  the  mission  force.  Augusta 
Buck  Ccolored)  has  left.  Ella  Frazier,  Elvira  Simms  and  Patti  King- 
ston  (all  colored)    have  been  employed  as  teachers. 

Knox  Academy  opened   on   September   28,   1908,   and   closed   on   May 


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19.    1909.        There    was    a    total    enrollment    of    497.        The    average    at- 
tendance was  326. 

The  teachers  were  all  present  at  the  opening  of  school.  There 
was  no  break  on  account  of  ill  health.  While  the  small  pox  pre- 
vailed as  an  epidemic  in  some  localities,  there  was  but  one  case  in 
our  school.  The  fright  occasioned  by  the  disease  and  the  health 
authorities'  orders  for  vaccination,  however,  interfered  considerably 
with  the  attendance  during  the  months  of  March  and  April. 

The  work  has  been  conducted  on  the  same  lines  as  in  former 
years.  Special  prominence  being  given  to  the  moral  and  Spiritual 
training  of  the  pupils.  There  was  an  average  of  359  Bible  verses 
committed  by  each  scholar  during  the  year.  At  the  morning  Sabbatn 
School  the  average  attendance  was  145;  at  the  afternoon  Bible  class 
132  and  at  the  Christian  Endeavor  20.  The  International  Lessons  were 
taught  in  the  Sabbath  School  and  the  Blakeslie  O.  T.  History  in  the 
Bible  class.  Pupils  not  attending  any  of  these  were  detained  on  Mon- 
day afternoon,   and   the   lesson  gone   over  with   them   by  the   teachers. 

INDUSTRIAL  DEPARTMENT. 

While  but  few  changes  have  been  made  in  the  different  depart- 
ments, there  has  been  decided  progrss.  The  enrollment  in  the  Sew- 
ing Department  was  286;  the  expenses  were  $157.90;  net  proceeds 
$42.31.  In  the  cooking  department  82  were  enrolled,  expenses  were 
$334.91,  proceeds  $316.14.  In  the  carpentry  department  181  boys  were  en- 
rolled, expenses  $74.42;  cash  proceeds  $29.20;  estimated  value  of  work 
done  to  save  expense  to  the  school  $40.  Blacksmithing,  15  boys  were  en- 
rolled: Expenses  of  material  and  equipment  $218.52;  cash  proceeds  to 
April  1,  $22.85;    completed  work  on  hand  $45.00;    work  for  school  $45.00. 

MUSICAL  DBFARTMEiNT. 

Mrs.  Reed  took  up  her  work  in  the  advanced  grades  after  Thanks- 
giving giving  weekly  vocal  lessons  in  grades  from  5  up.  Good  sing- 
ing and  fair  knowledge  of  the  rudiments  of  music  were  the  result  as 
shown  by  the  tests.  Instruction  on  the  piano  was  given  to  17  of  the 
more  advanced  pupils.  Miss  Isa  Marshall  gave  the  vocal  lessons  in  the 
primary  grades  up  to  and  including  No.  4  and  to  13  pupils  lessons  on  the 
piano.       Mr.  Reed   refers  to   her  work   in  high  words   of  commendation. 

EAST    SELMA. 

The  enrollment  was  140  and  average  attendance  97.  The  tuition 
amounted  to  $127.25.  "This  branch"  Mr.  Reed  writes,  "is  meeting  a 
very  decided  need." 

PLEASANT  GROVE. 

Mrs.  Kynett  taught  a  summer  school  during  July  and  August  and 
a  winter  term  from  November  to  April  inclusive.  Enrollment  93; 
average  attendance  34.  Tuition  collected  $28.80.  The  school  house 
was  remodeled  at  a  cost  of  $284.30.  Mr.  Reed  preached  here  the 
third  Sabbath  of  each  month.  Mr.  Kynett  has  charge  of  the  farm. 
He  is  a  hard  working  farmer,  Mr.  Reed  writes,  and  is  constantly  mak- 
ing improvements. 


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VALLEY  CREEK. 

There  was  an  enrollment  of  37;  an  average  attendance  of  21.  Mr. 
Reed  preached  here  the  first  Sabbath  of  each  month  during  the  school 
term.  Average  attendance  upon  the  preaching  service  27.  A  four 
months  day  school  was  carried  on  with  an  enrollment  of  15  and  an 
average  attendance  of  13.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Kingston  had  this  work  in  charge 
and  it   was   carried   on   without   cost   to  the  Board. 

Mr.  Reed  mentions  several  lines  of  effort  carried  on  outside  of  the 
rogular   work   that   have    proved   very    helpful. 

Miss  Greer  led  a  number  of  the  girls  in  a  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

Miss  Fowler  conducted  two  Bible  study  classes  for  girls  each 
week  and  also  a  class  among  mothers  of  the  neighborhood. 

Prof.  Bottoms  continued  the  drill  of  the  band  and  made  it  a  very 
attractive  feature  of  the  institution. 

The  library  and  reading  room  received  special  attention.  Miss 
Simms,  who  has  charge,  has  shown  herself,  Mr.  Reed  writes,  well  fit- 
ted for   the  position." 

The  physical  laboratory  under  charge  of  Prof.  Anderson  was  quite 
an  aid  in  teaching  physics:  $59.99  were  spent  in  the  equipment  this 
year. 

We  regret  very  much  in  closing  our  report  to  have  to  add  that  Mr. 
Reed  feels  called  on  to  resign  his  position  as  superintendent.  The 
condition  of  his  wife's  health  is  the  main  cause.  We  regret  this  very 
much.  Mr.  Reed  has  shown  himself  thoroughly  well  fitted  for  the 
position;  his  wife  has  proved  a  help-meet  indeed.  They  have  made 
an  impression  on  the  work  that  will  be  lasting.  Their  relations  with 
the  Board,  the  workers,  and  the  people  of  Selma  have  been  most  cor- 
dial. A  very  earnest  petition  signed  by  the  faculty  and  pupils  of 
Knox  Academy  and  members  of  the  congregation,  bearing  testimony 
to  the  excellence  of  the  work  done  by  Mr.  Reed,  and  remonstrating 
against  the  acceptance  of  his  resignation,  was  received  by  the  Board. 
A  committee  has  been  appointed  to  confer  with  him  and  see  if  he 
cannot   be  persuaded   to  withdraw   his   resignation. 

Mr.  Reed  was  called  to  Morning  Sun,  la.,  at  the  close  of  the  session 
by  the  death  of  Mr.  George  Cunningham,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Reed.  To 
them  both  the  Board  extends  its  deepest  sympathy  and  assures  them 
of  an  interest  in  our  prayers  that  in  this  and  all  other  of  their  trials 
they  may  have  the  divine  guidance  and  support. 

Receipts     •  •  $10,409  34 

Expenditures     9,985  91 

Balance    $      423  45 

We  ask  for  this  Mission,   $5,000. 

INDIAN    MISSION. 

At  the  close  of  the  school  year.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McElhinney  returned 
to  their  homes,  Mrs.  McElhinny  feeling  that  she  was  not  strong  enough 
to  continue  in  the  work  as  she  had  been  doing.  Mr.  Carithers  writes 
in  high  terms  of  commendation  of  the  services  they  rendered  to  the 
mission.  Shortly  before  the  closing  of  the  school.  Miss  McKnight 
was  compelled  to  quit  work  because  of  rheumatism  and  nervous  ex- 
haustion. She  is  slowly  recovering  and  it  is  hoped  will  soon  be  out 
again.       There  has  been  but  little  change  in  the  mission  force.       Paul 


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Coleman  gave  efficient  help  during  the  summer.  Miss  Mary  Adams 
spent  her  college  vacation  there.  Owen  Thompson,  Licentiate,  ar- 
rived at  the  mission  on  May  8,  and  will  remain  during  the  summer. 

The  school  opened  September  8,  1908,  and  closed  May  3,  1909.  The 
enrollment  was  65;  26  of  the  children  were  in  attendance  every  day 
of  the  school  term.  The  work  has  been  conducted  on  the  same  lines 
as  heretofore. 

Services  were  held  every  Sabbath.  There  were  two  communions. 
.At  the  Spring  Communion  there  was  an  accession  of  nine.  Two  have 
united  with  the  church  since.  Rev.  J.  L.  McCartney  assisted  at  the 
Spring  communion.  Both  he  and  his  wife  spoke  at  a  number  of 
meetings  in  the  evening. 

The  Sabbath  Schools  have  been  carried  on  with  a  good  degree  of 
interest,  and  the  attendance  has  been,  on  the  whole,  gratifying.  A 
new  schor»l  was  started  in  a  private  house  in  a  very  needy  district. 
There  has  been  as  large  an  attendance  as  the  house  would  accom- 
modate. In  all  the  Sabbath  schools,  the  enrollment  was  342.  In 
that  among  the  Apache  Indians  conducted  by  Miss  Emma  McFarland 
there  was  an  attendance  of  40,  all  Indians;  in  the  Santiago  district  an 
attendance  of  60,  all  white.  In  the  new  Sabbath  School,  conducted 
by  Mrs.  Carithers,  30,  all  white;  at  the  church  an  attendance  in  one 
school  of  100,  all  Indians,  and  in  the  other  at  the  church  an  attendance 
of  112,  all  white.  In  the  primary  room  of  the  regular  school  work  the 
verses  committed  were  John,  Chapters  1-15  and  some  of  the  Psalms  and 
Isaiah  55.  Total  number  of  verses  committed  3,448.  The  books  read 
were  Luke,  John,  I  and  II  Corinthians,  Romans  and  1st  Samuel.  A 
weekly  lesson  was  given  on  the   life  of  Christ. 

In  the  advanced  grade  the  portions  of  scripture  studied  were 
2cl  Samuel,  and  1st  and  2d  Kings  in  connection  with  the  books  of 
Chronicles.  The  children  made  out  an  outline  of  the  history  of  Israel 
as  covered  by  these  books.  A  study  was  also  made  of  the  Psalms 
in  connection  with  commiting  them  to  memory,  and  the  gospel  of 
John  was  also  taken  up  in  memory  work.  The  total  number  of  ver- 
ses committed  in  this  room  was  20,439  and  the  total  in  both  rooms  was 
23,887. 

In  the  higher  grade  there  was  a  connected  line  of  study  taken 
up  on  the  life  and  work  of  Paul.  The  children  each  wrote  a  booklet 
giving  the  main  points  of  Paul's  history.  The  work  of  committing 
and  reviewing  the  Shorter  Catechism  was  kept  up  in  this  room 
throughout  the  year. 

While  some  of  the  church  members  have  made  good  advance  In 
Christian  life,  and  are  aiding  their  fellow  Indians  in  many  ways, 
there  has  been  a  persistent  effort  by  those  on  the  old  Indian  road 
to  draw  off  the  allegiance  of  our  members,  and  in  some  cases  suc- 
cessfully. In  sickness  they  have  induced  some  to  turn  back  to  the 
old  form  of  sorcery  or  "making  medicine"  for  help.  Some  are  not 
strong  enough  to  resist  and  have  joined  in  the  old  Indian  worship. 
Their  cases  are  under  process.  "There  seems,"  Mr.  Carithers  writes, 
"to  be  great  activity  among  the  powers  of  darkness,  and  while  there 
is  a  sad  side  to  it,  yet  we  are  glad  to  note  that  the  session  of  the 
congregation  could  not  possibly  stand  m.ore  united  or  more  strongly 
than  they  do  on  all  these  matters." 

In  a  material  way  the  year  has  been  a  good  one  for  the  mission. 
The  main  crops  did  well  and  the  sales  were  quite  satisfactory.  The 
broom   factory    is   making   a    steady   growth.        They   are    getting   out    a 


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larger   number   of  brooms   each   year  and   more   of  the   boys   are    learn- 
ing now   to   make   a  good  broom. 

Some  additions  have  been  made  to  the  equipment  in  the  way 
of  a  tower  with  storage  tank  for  water  for  the  supply  of  the  build- 
ings, and  an  alfalfa  barn.  In  closing  his  report  Mr.  Carithers  adds: 
"Mention  should  be  made  of  the  aid  extended  by  the  L.  M.  S.  of  a  num- 
ber of  the  congregations  in  the  help  they  have  forwarded  to  the  mis- 
sion. While  the  record  of  the  year  as  a  whole  falls  far  short  of  what 
we  wished  yet  we  have  the  witness  of  God's  Spirit,  working  in  many 
hearts;  we  have  also  the  Devil's  activity  as  a  witness  that  his  king- 
dom is  being  attacked.  Our  desire  is  that  the  Spirit  may  find  in  us 
a  more  ready  channel  for  his  activities  that  the  honor  may  be  to 
his  name." 

Receipts     _ $  7,134  62 

Expenses     9,196  41 

Balance   overdrawn    $  2,061   79 

We   ask   for   this    mission,    $5,000. 

The  chairman  and  secretary  were  appointed  to  represent  the 
Board  on  the  floor  of  Synod. 

J.  W.  SPROULL.  Chairman, 
A.  C.  COULTER,  Secretary, 
W.  J.  COLEMAN,  Cor.  Secretary.      • 

THE  JEWISH  MISSION. 

The  Jewish  Mission  Board  respectfully  reports:  That  the  work 
of  the  mission  has  been  carried  forward  very  much  on  the  plan  of 
last  year,  and  with  equal  encouragement.  The  Lord  has  sustained  his 
misionaries,  and  given  them   strength,  and  comfort   in   their  work. 

The  preaching  is  usually  well  attended,  and  the  good  order  and 
interest  manifested  tell  of  the  hunger  of  souls.  Some  remain  after 
the  services  to  receive  more  instruction  in  the  knowledge  of  Jesus- 
Christ. 

The  Sabbath  school  numliers  about  25  scholars,  and  the  Sewing 
school  about  the  sajne.  A  goodly  number  of  these  are  attending  both 
schools,  receiving  much  instruction  in  the  way  of  salvation  through 
the  only  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  The  earnest  talks  about  their  Mes- 
siah, and  his  atoning  sacrifice,  make  many  faces  beam  with  a  great 
new    hope. 

The  night  school  ha.s  about  20  young  men  in  course  of  instruction, 
receiving  the  light,  and  catching  the  spirit,  of  the  Christian  religion, 
while  they  learn  their  other  lessons.  The  benefits  enjoyed  in  this  dt- 
partment  make  many  friends  for  the  mission,  and  often  lead  to  a 
desire   for   better   things. 

Many  Jews  enter  the  mission  at  all  hours  of  the  day,  and  many 
hours  of  the  night,  to  make  inquiry  concerning  Jesus,  and  the  way 
of  redemption.  The  missionaries  report  that  at  least  900  have  thus 
been  brought  to  the  open  door  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  to  hear  the 
offer  of  the  gospel  in  the  past  year.  The  gospel  is  also  carried  into 
many  homes  by  personal  visiting,  and  in  almost  every  case  a  cordial 
reception  is  given  the  missionaries.  The  hope  is  entertained  that  dur- 
ing next  year  the  work  will  be  greatly  enlarged  in  this  way,  and 
likewise  at  the  ship  landings  where  the  immigrants  may  be  oppor- 
tunely reached,  and  assisted  in  seking  Christ,  as  they  are  in  quest  of 
better  conditions. 


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Mr.  E.  J.  Feuersohn  was  ordained  May  4th,  1909,  to  the  Christian 
ministry,   by   the   Philadelphia   Presbytery. 

The  Board  asks  $2,500,  for  carrying  the  work  forward  another 
year. 

Two  vacancies  exist  in  the  board,  one  caused  by  the  death  of 
Elder  James  Patterson,  and  another  by.  Mr.  Thomas  McCandless 
who  had  been  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy  occurring  in  the 
death  of  Elder  William  Steele  having  declined  to  serve.  These  should 
be  filled  by  the  action  of  Synod. 

Dr.  S.  A.  S.  Metheny  has  been  appointed  to  represent  the  board 
on   behalf  of   the   mission,   on   the   floor  of   synod. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.    C.    McFEETERS,    President. 
T.   P.   STEVENSON,   Secretary. 

The  Special  Committee  on  The  Alliance  of  Reformed 
Churches  holding  the  Presbyterian  System  reported.  The  re- 
port was  received,  and  after  T.  P.  Stevenson  had  been  heard  on 
behalf  of  the  Alliance,  the  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and 
is  as  follows : 

REPORT      OF      COMMITTEE      ON      ALLIANCE      OF      RREFORMED 
CHURCHES,  AND  NATIONAL  LIBERAL  IMMIGRATION  LEAGUE 

Your  committee  would  respectfully  report: 

Two  papers  were  placed  in  our  hands.  One  the  report  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Commission  of  the  Alliance  of  Reformed  churches  throughout 
tlie  world  holding  the  Presbyterian  system.  The  other  a  paper  set- 
ting forth  the  purposes  of  the  National  Liberal  Immigration  League. 

In  the  first  paper  your  committee  was  gratified  to  note  reference 
to,  and  deep  interest  manifested   in,  such  subjects  as  the  following: 

Home  Missions,  Foreign  Missions,,  Evangelistic  Work,  Sabbath 
Schools,  Marriage  and  Divorce,  National  Christianity  and  others  of 
considerable   importance. 

Under  a  section  of  the  report  designated  "The  United  States  A 
Christian  Country,"  we  were  glad  to  find  the  following  record:  "Ad- 
mirable papers  were  presented  upon  this  subject  at  the  February 
meeting  by  Gen.  R.  E.  Prime  and  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Stevenson,  D.  D. 

Your  committee  would  recommend: 

1.  That  Drs.  R.  M.  Sommerville  and  T.  P.  Stevenson  be  appoint- 
ed delegates  to  attend  the  Ninth  Council  of  the  Alliance  to  be  held 
in  New  York  City  June  15  to  25,  1909,  and  that  our  clerk  send  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  above  mentioned  to  Rev.  J.  Ross  Steven- 
son, D.  D.,  7  West  55  St.,  New  York. 

2.  That  Dr.  T.  P.  Stevenson,  who  has  been  appointed  delegate 
to  this  Synod  by  the  Alliance,  be  heard  in  connection  with  the  adop- 
tion of  this  report. 

On   the   second   paper   we   recommend   no   action. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.   C.    MONTGOMERY, 
THOS.    PATTON, 
J.     C.     SLATER, 
R.   J.    WALLACE. 
S.    M.    STEELE. 


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The  Committee  on  Finance  reported.       The  report  was  re 
ceived,  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 
Items   I   to  5  were  adopted. 
Item  6  was  amended  and  adopted. 
Items  7  and  8  were  adopted. 
The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows. 

REPORT    OF    THE    COMMITTEE    ON    FINANCE. 

The  committee  on  finance  would  respectfully  report: 

That  the  following  papers  and  items  have  been  referred  to  us,  vis: 

1.  Reports  of  Mrs.  W.  J.  Ward,  secretary  of  the  Reformed  Presby- 
terian Woman's  Association  and  of  Mrs.  Annette  G.  Wallace,  treasurer. 

2.  Report  of  S.  A.  S.  Metheny,   treasurer  of  Jewish  Mission  Board. 

3.  Report  of  J.  S.  Tibby,  Synod's  financial  agent  for  National 
Reform;  of  the  committee  on  testimony  bearing,  and  Synod's  perma- 
nent committee  on  temperance. 

4.  Report   of  J.   S.  Tibby,  treasurer  of  the  literary   fund. 

5.  Report  of  J.  S.  Tibby,  on  printing  and  sale  of  1908  minutes. 

6.  Report   of   Synod's   Board    of   trustees,   J.    S.    Tibby,   treasurer. 

7.  Report    of    Walter   T.    Miller,    treasurer. 

8.  Report  of  the  Board  of  church  erection,  Walter  T.  Miller,  treas- 
urer. 

9.  Tarsus   relief   fund,    Walter   T.    Miller,   treasurer. 

10.  Report   of   committee   on   Evangelistic   work. 

11.  Report  of  Board  of  Superintendents  of  Theological  Seminary; 
also  items  from  the  committee  on  theological  seminary  and  educa- 
tion, and  of  the  Board  of  trustees  of  Geneva  College. 

12.  Report   of   Central   Board    of   Missions. 

13.  Report  of  Mission  Conference. 

14.  Request  of  Colorado  Presbytery  for  $850,  for  Oakland  Chi- 
ntse    mission. 

15.  Our  ap])ortionment  to  the  Presbyterian  Alliance. 

16.  Bill  for  printing   the   order  of  business. 

We  have  examined  these  reports  and  find  that  they  have  been  au- 
dited and  approved,  by  their  respective  Boards.  In  view  of  the  finan- 
cial depression  we  have  great  reason  to  express  our  gratitude  for  the 
satisfactory  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  church  as  evidenced  by 
these  reports,  and  would  record  our  gratitude  to  God,  for  his  goodness. 

We  commend  also  the  energy  and  faithfulness  of  those  who  have 
had  charge  of  the  finances. 

We  recommend: 

1.  That  the  synopses  and  summaries  of  Treasurer  Walter  T.  Miller, 
and  the  reports  of  the  Treasurers:  J.  S.  Tibby,  S.  A.  S.  Metheny,  An- 
nette G.  Wallace,  and  a  recapitulation  of  the  balance  sheets  of  the 
various  treasurers  be  published  in  the  minutes. 

2.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  Literary  Fund  be  authorized  to  issue 
a  new  edition  of  five  tliousand  copies  of  Psalms  selections.  We 
recommend  also:  That  no  addition  of  the  1889  version  be  printed  this 
year. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  75 

3.  That  the  Clerk  of  Synod  be  directed  to  have  one  thousand 
copies  of  the  minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1909,  printed,  and  that  they  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  the  literary  fund  to  be  sold 
at  35  cents  per  copy;  that  J.  S.  Tibby  be  authorized  to  pay  the  bill  for 
printing-  minutes  of  Synod  out  of  the  literary  fund. 

4.  That  Messrs  Geo.  A.  McKee,  D.  C.  Martin  and  Robert  J.  Ward 
be  elected  their  own  successors  on  Synod's  Board  of  Trustees,  for  a 
term  of  three  years  beginning  June  15,  1909. 

5.  That  J.  S.  McGaw  and  A.  F.  Reid  be  elected  their  own  succes- 
sors on  the  Board  of  Control. ' 

6.  That  we  recommend  the  following  appropriations,  with  the 
dates  for  congregational  collections: 

June,    third    Sabbath,    Students'    Aid    Fund     ?   1,500 

July,    first    Sabbath,    Aged    Ministers'    three-eights,    and    widows 

and     orphans'     five-eights     4,000 

July,  third  Sabbath,  Theological  Seminary    1,000 

August,  first  Sabbath,  Theological  Seminary    4,000 

August,    third    Sabbath,    Jewish    Mission    2,500 

September,   first  Sabbath,   Southern  Mission    5,000 

September,  third  Sabbath,  Indian  Mission   6,000 

October,  first  Sabbath,  Domestic  Mission  Fund    12.000 

November,    first    Sabbath,    National    Reform    •S,000 

November,  fourth  Sabbath,  Temperance   2,000 

December,  first  Sabbath,  Syrian  Mission 17,500 

January,   first   Sabbath,   Mission   in   China    5,000 

February,   first  Sabbath,  Testimony   Bearing    4,000 

March,  first  Sabbath,  Geneva  College    3,000 

April,   first   Sabbath,    Church   Erection    2,000 

7.  That  five  hundred  dollars  be  appropriated  from  the  Domestic 
Mission  Fund  for  the  use  of  the  permanent  committee  on  evangelistic 
work. 

8.  That  our  apportionment  to  the  Presbyterian  Alliance  for  1009, 
bt-  paid  from  the  literary  fund,  also  the  cost  of  printing  Synod's  order 
of  business  be   paid  from   the   same  fund. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

SAMUEL,   McNAUGHER, 
JAMES    S.    McGAW. 
G.   M.   ROBB, 
D.    S.    PARIS, 
JOSEPH    DODDS. 

REPORT    OF    MISSION    CONFERENCE. 

The  Mission  Conference,  consisting  of  the  Central  Board  and  thir- 
teen members  of  Presbyteries,  met  in  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church,  Chicago,  May  24th,  25th,  26th  and  27th.  Fifty  congregations 
and  mission  stations  were  recommended  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $16,- 
185  as  follows: 

Colorado    Presbytery. 

La   Junta    $  300  00 

Denver    325  00 

Canon     City     150  00 

Los  Angeles    325  00 

Santa    Ana     600  00 

'  Oakland,   a  sum   not  to   exceed    ■ .  .  . .      850  00 


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Content,  Regina  and  other  places  in  the  North  West. 

To    Colorado    Presbytery    to    cultivate    this    field    on    terms    and 

by   methods   to   be   determined  by   the   Presbytery    750  00 

Illinois    Presbytery. 

Church     Hill     350  00 

Selma     400  00 

Staunton,  in  case  of  settlement    200  00 

Staunton  for  supplies,  $5  per  day  not  to  exceed  sum  of 150  00 

New   York   Presbytery. 

West    Hebron    500  00 

Craftsbury,    on    the    condition    that    the    congregation    raise    an 

equal   amount    125  00 

White    Lake 150  00 

Cambridge     500  00 

Coldenham     250  00 

Second    Boston     100   00 

Brooklyn     100  00 

Ryegate,  an  amount  equal  to  what  the  congregation  raises  not 

to   exceed    60  00 

Rochester    Presbytery 

Lisbon,   in  case  of  settlement    400  00 

For  supplies,  $5  per  day  not  to  exceed  sum  of 150  00 

Syracuse     500  00 

Lochiel     -: 300  00 

Iowa    Presbytery. 

Vernon,    for    settlement    as    much    as    congregation    raises,    not 

to   exceed   sum   of    300  00 

For  supplies,   $5   per  day  not  to  exceed  sum  of    150  00 

Hickory    Grove     100  00 

Kansas  Presbytery. 

Kan§as     City     550  00 

Superior     : 300  00 

Lieb  Mission  Station    160  00 

Wahoo,  as   much  as   congregation  raises     not      to     exceed     the 

sum    of    200  00 

Billings,    for    settlement    195  00 

For   supplies    • 100  00 

Tabor 100  00 

Hebron,    for    settlement 300  00 

For  stated  supply  for  half  time 150  00 

Topeka     400  00 

Holmwood,   for   stated   supply   for  four  months   and   supplies..  250  00 

For    Supplies     175  00 

Both   on   condition   that   the   congregation   raise   $170. 

Ohio   Presbytery 

Hetherton     350  00 

Cedarville     300  00 

Jonathan's     Creek     300  00 

Bellefontaine     450  00 

Fair    Grove    400  00 

Belle    Centre     300  00 


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Pittsburg    Presbytery 

Adamsville    and    Middleton     300  00 

Slippery    Rock    300  00 

McKeesport,    for    settlement 600  00 

For    supplies     500  00 

Pine    Creek    150  00 

Bear  Run  and  Mahoning   200  00 

Brookland     200  00 

North    Union     100  00 

Mercer 300  00 

Youngstown     70o  00 

N.    B.  and    N.  S.   Presbytery. 

St.  John,   on  condition  that  the  congregation   raise   $500 300  00 

Barnesville,  for  supplies  for  four  months,   $7  per  Sabbath. 
Cornwallis,    on   condition   that   the   congregation    raise    an    equal 

amount     400  00 

Three  subjects  were  before  the  conference  for  consideration: 

1.  The   proper   distribution    of   appropriated   funds. 

2.  Securing  the  attendance  of  elders  in  the  Mission  Conference. 

3.  The  distribution  of  appropriated  funds  after  a  congregation  be- 
comes vacant. 

As  to  the  first   subject   we  recommend: 

1.  That  only  so  much  of  these  appropriations  be  paid  at  the  end  of 
any  quarter  as  is  necessary  to  supplement  that  proportion  of  the 
subscriptions  made  by  the  congregations  which  is  due  at  that  time. 

2.  That  in  making  recommendations  Presbyteries  be  directed  to 
inquire  whether  the  full  amount  subscribed  for  the  last  year  was 
paid,  and  to  take  this  into  consideration  in  making  their  recommen- 
dations for  the  coming  year. 

As  to  the  second  subject  we  recommend:  That  Presbyteries  be  in- 
structed to  urge  the  elders  of  aid-receiving  congregations  attending 
Synod  to  attend  the  Mission  Conference  in  the  interests  of  their  own 
congregations. 

As  to  the  third  subject,  we  recommend:  That  where  the  amount 
subscribed  by  the .  congregation  is  sufficient  to  pay  $15  per  Sabbath 
no  supplement  be  given.'  In  all  other  cases  the  Central  Board  be  in- 
structed to  pay  the  part  of  the  appropriations  sufficient  to  equal  $15 
per   Sabbath   not   to   exceed   the   balance   of   the   appropriation. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

J.    W.    SPROULL,    Chairman. 
F.   M.   WILSON,   Secretary. 

REPORT  OF  SYNOD'S  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

To  the  Moderator  and   Members  of  the  Synod. 

Dear  Brethren  The  Trustees  of  the  Synod  beg  leave  to  report, 
and  in  connection  therewith  to  submit  the  report  on  the  Treasurer  for 
the  year  ending  May  1st,  1909. 

First — The  persons  elected  at  the  last  meeting  of  Synod  to  serve 
on  the  Board  have  accepted  their  appointment,  viz.:  Messrs.  Wm. 
Blair,  Oliver  Wylie  and  John  M.  Allen. 

Second — The  following  bequests  were  received  during  the  year: 
Miss  Martha  McConnell,  Los  Angeles,   Cal.,   Domestic  Mission,  current, 


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$1,100;  Jos.  L.  Dodds,  Wyman,  Iowa,  Chinese  Home  and  Southern  Mis- 
sion, current,  $100;  Mrs.  Belle  T.  Dodds,  Sterling,  Kansas,  Widows'  and 
Children,  current,  $67.24;  Miss  Angelina  Adams,  Utica,  O.,  Indiana  Mis- 
sion, current,  $251.30;  Wm.  F.  Bell,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Theological  Semi- 
nary, current,  $500;  Chas.  Mcllroy,  Sparta,  111.  Land  in  Kansas  was 
sold  by  his  executors  netting  $12,635,  less  expenses  of  $575.75,  leaving 
$12,059.25  to  be  divided  in  five  yearly  payments  to  National  Reform  one- 
sixth;  Testimony  Bearing,  one-sixth;  Syrian  Mission,  two-sixths; 
Home  Mission,  one-sixth,  and  Southern  Mission,  one-sixth.  Rev.  D. 
J.  Shaw,  New  Alexandria,  Pa.,  Foreign  Missions  $11,524.71,  and  Na- 
tional Reform  $500.  J.  M.  Elder,  New  Alexandria,  Pa.,  Geneva  College 
Endowment  Fund,  $200;  Miss  Lodema  Whittaker,  Hopkinton,  Iowa. 
Widows  and  Children's  Endowment  Fund,  $941;  Thomas  Christison, 
M\)kwonag'o,   Wis.,   Sustentation   Fund  Endowment,   $100. 

The   following   Donations   were   received: 

Rev.  David  and  Mrs.  M.  E.  McKee,  Clarinda,  Iowa,  Memorial  Fund, 
$10,000;  the  interest  yearly  to  be  divided  equally  among  Aged  Peo- 
ples' Home,  Domestic  Mission,  Aged  Ministers,  and  Widows  and  Chil- 
dren Dec.  Ministers.  Mrs.  Edna  S.  E.  McKee,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Foreign 
Mission  Fund,  $2,000;  $60.00  of  the  interest  yearly  for  the  Mrs.  Eda  S. 
E.  McKee,  Latakia  Hospital  Cot,  balance  of  interest  to  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. Mrs.  Eda  S.  E.  McKee,  Aged  Ministers,  Widows  and  Children's 
Fund,  $1,000;  Interest  yearly  to  Aged  Ministers,  Widows  and  Children's 
Fund. 

Third.— The  aggregate  amount  of  bonds,  mortgages,  real  estate  and 
other  assets  held  by  your  Board  is  $567,208.90.  Out  of  the  earnings  for 
the  year  closed  the  Board  declared  a  dividend  on  endowments  of 
$365,778.24  at  5  1-2  per  cent,  of  $20,062.80. 

Fourth. — The  amount  of  the  David  Gregg  endowment  fund  is  $157,- 
015.73.       The  amount  of  profit  on  this  account  is  $8,991.00. 

Fifth. — We  must  make  report  of  an  unsuccessful  attempt  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Congregation  of  East  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  to  wrest  the 
Church  property  in  that  town  from  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Congre- 
gation, its  proper  owners. 

An  injunction  was  taken  out  against  its  seizure  in  October,  1906 
and  a  decretal  order  handed  down  January  6th,  1909  enjoining  the 
defendants  from  taking  possession  of,  or  further  occupying  the  church 
edifice  and  land  belonging  therewith  and  the  parsonage.  The  in- 
terests of  the  church  were  ably  looked  after  by  Rev.  John  Crozier  to 
whom  all  credit  is  due. 

Sixth. — The  books  and  accounts  of  the  Board  were  audited  by  a 
committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Oliver  Wylie  and  John  M.  Allen,  and 
found  correct  as  per  their  certificate  attached  to  the  report  of  the 
Treasurer. 

Seventh. — The  term  for  which  Messrs.  George  A.  McKee,  D.  C.  Mar- 
tin and  Robert  J.  Ward  were  made  members  of  the  Board  will  expire 
June  15th,  1909.  We  ask  that  their  successors  be  chosen  by  ballot  as 
required  by  law. 

Eighth. — Messrs.    James   S.    Tibby   and    R.    J.    Ward    alternate,    were 
appointed  to  represent  the  Board  on  the  floor  of  Synod. 
Respectfully  submitted  by  order  of  the  Board, 

JAMES  S.  TIBBY,  Secretary. 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  May  20,  1909. 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  79 

REPORT  OF  JAMES  S.  TIBBY,  TREASURER  OF  SYNOD'S  BOARD 

OF  TRUSTEES. 

GENEVA    COLLEGE    ENDOWMENT. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance     $161,211  82 

Notes  and  subscriptions  paid    4,426   13 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance    $165,637  95 

STUDENTS'  AID  FUND  ENDOWMENT. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance    $  16,256  88 

Rev.   J.   S.   Duncan,  on  acount  of  note  20  00 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance    $  16.276  88 

SUSTENTATION  FUND  ENDOWMENT. 
1909. 
April  30.     Thos.    Christlson,    bequest 100  00 

WIDOWS  AND  CHILDREN  DEC.  MINISTERS. 

1908. 

May  1.     Balance    5,829  02 

Miss  Lodema  Whittaker,  bequest....  941  00 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance 6.770  02 

THE    FOLLOWING    ENDOWMENTS    REMAIN    UNCHANGED. 

Theological  Seminary   $  64,720  69 

Foreign   Mission    '  49,633  43 

Domestic    Mission     32,11130 

Southern   Mission    .5,481  28 

Chinese   Homie   Mission    400  00 

Indian    Mission    2,000  00 

Aged   Ministers    12,878  52 

James   and   Mary     Jane     Carlisle,   for 

Aged   Ministers  • 500  00 

Mission   in  China    237  50 

Church  Erection    3,400  00 

Jas.  R.   McKee  Fund  for  Widows  and 

Children    2,000  00 

Jas.    R.    McKee   Fund     for     Foreign 

Mission    1,000  00 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Congregation   4,867  80 

Iowa  Presbytery    700  00 

Wilkinsburg,   Pa.,  Congregation    500  00 

American  Bible  Society   50  00 

Mrs.    Sarah    J.    Steele    Fund    for    Ge- 
neva College    1,000  00 

David  Gregg  Fund,  not     governed     by 

regular  dividend    157,015  73 

Total  Endowment   receiving  5   1-2   per 

cent  dividend    364,778  24 

Total  Endowment  for  next  year's  div- 
idend      383,265  37 


80 


MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


DAVID  GREGG  ENDOWMENT  BEQUEST   MORTGAGE   FUND. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance    $156,350  00 

Invested   in  Mortgages  during  year...  9,200  00 

$165,550  00 
Mortgages    paid   off    8,250  00 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance    $157,300  00 


DAVID    GREGG    ENDOWMENT    BEQUEST    INTEREST    FUND. 


1909. 
May  1. 


Interest  received  during  year  from 
Mortgages    

Charged  fund  5  per  cent,  for  handling 
funds  

Foreign   Missions  received    

Domestic  Missions  received   

Sustentation  Fund  received    

Church  Erection  received    

Theological  Seminary  received   

Southern  Mission  received   

Chinese   Home  Mission   received 

Widows  and  Children    received 

Central  Allegheny  Congregation 


449 

55 

2,847 

15 

1,708 

29 

569 

43 

569 

43 

569 

43 

569 

43 

569 

43 

569 

43 

569 

43 

$     8,991   00 


$      8,991   00 


REGULAR    MORTGAGE    FUND. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance    

Invested  in  Mortgages    

Mortgages  paid  off  

1909. 
May  1.     Balance 


$339,032  ID 

24,171  86 

$363,204  05 

18,800  00 


$344,404   05 


INTEREST  ACCOUNT. 


1909. 
April  30. 


Receipts  from  Mortgages  and  Notes.  .      $  21,278  21 

Net  income  from  real  estate 565  54 

Geneva  College  Overdraft   656  57 

D.  Gregg  Acct.  for  handling  funds.  . .  449  55 

Sundry   Accounts    12  31 

Indian   Mission    for   overdraft 87  19 

Domestic  Mission  for  overdraft 48  50 


$  23.097  96 


56 

00 

84 

50 

9 

00 

50 

47 

50 

,571 

04 

47 

87 

129 

25 

REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  81 


Expenditures. 

1909. 
April  30.     Rev.  R.  Shield's  Donation,  interest.. 

Cash  Donation    

W.  P.  M.  S.  Pittsburg  Presbytery... 

Incidental     

Rev.  C.  Clyde  Home  Fund    

62  per  cent  of  Office  expenses  for  y'r 

Pittsburg  Pres.  Education  fund 

Pittsburg  Pres.  Investment  fund.  .  .  . 
1909   Dividend   5    1-2      per     cent     on 
$364,778.24,  viz: 

Geneva  College  on  $161,211.82 $     8,866  65 

Mrs.  S.  J.  Steele  on  $1,000 55.00 

Theological   Seminary  on  $64,720.69..  3,559  64 

Students'  Aid  Fund,  $16,256   88 894    13 

For.    Mission,   $49,633.43 2,729   84 

Domestic  Mission,  $32,111.30 1,766  12 

Southern  Mission,  $5,481.28    301  47 

Chinese  Home  Mission,  $400 22  00 

Indian  Mission,  $2,000  110  00 

Aged    Ministers,    $12,878.52    708   32 

Jas.  and  M.  J.  Carlisle,  $500    27  50 

Mission    in    China,    $237.50    13  06 

Widows    and   Children,    $5,829.02 320  59 

Church  Erection,  $3,400    187  00 

Jas.  R.  McKee  W.  and  C,  $2,000 110  00 

Jas.  R.  McKee,  For.  Mission,  $1,000..  55  00 

Brooklyn,    N.    Y.    Cong.    $4,867.80 267  73 

Iowa  Presbytery,  $700 38  50 

Wilkinsburg,   Pa.   Cong.,   $500 27  50 

American  Bible  Society,   $50 2  75 

Balance  of  profits  to  Cont.  Fund....  1,085  50 

Sundry  expenses 4  00 


$   23,097  96 


EXPENSE  ACCOUNT. 
1909. 

April  30.     Rent  of  Office   $  318  00 

Telephone    69  78 

Bond  of  Treasurer    40  00 

P.  O.  Stamps   30  00 

Car  Fare  of  Board  and  Treasurer 19  77 

Printing 30  50 

Stationery   4  30 

Insurance  on  office  furniture    22  00 

Salary     2,000  00 


$     2,534  55 


ABOVE  EXPENSES   DISTRIBUTED  AS  FOLLOWS. 

Southern  Mission   190  17 

Geneva  College   190  17 

Indian   Mission    190  17 

Theological  Seminary 126  77 

Domestic  Mission 126  77 

Testimony  Bearing  Fund    63  39 

Chinese  Home  Mission    76  07 

Interest  Account   1,571  04 

$     2.534  55 


82  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

CASH    ACCOUNT. 

1908. 

May  1.     Balance     38  30 

Receipts    141,082  72 

141,121  02 
Expenditures    135,687  22 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance    5,433  80 

OFFICE    FURNITURE    ACCOUNT. 

1908. 
May  1.     Balance     484   68 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance  same  as  last  year    484  68 

CONTINGENT   FUND. 

1908. 

May  1.     Balance  overdrawn   84  33 

Balance  of  year's  profits  credited...  1,085  50 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance -    1,001  17 

MISS   MARTHA   McCONNELL,   BEQUEST,   LOS   ANGELES,   CAL. 

1908. 
May  18.     Cash    from    Miss    Mary   J.    McConnell, 

Executrix   1,100  00 

Credited  to   Domestic  Mission   Current 

Account 1,100  00 

JOSEPH    L.    DODDS,    BEQUEST,    WYMAN,    IOWA. 

1909. 

Jan'y  13.     Cash  from  J.  B.  Dodds,  executor 100  00 

Credited     equally     between      Chinese 

Home  and  Southern  Mission 100  00 

MRS.  BELLE  T.  DODDS,  BEQUEST,  STERLING,  KANSAS. 

1909. 
March  27.     Cash    from    Mrs.    L.    S.    Edgar,    Ad- 
ministratrix      61  24 

Credited  to     Widows     and     Children 

Current  Acount 67     24 

MISS  ANGELINA  ADAMS,  BEQUEST,  UTICA.  O. 

1909. 
April  14.     Cash  from  R.  A.  Adams,  Administra'r  251  30 

Credited   to   Indian    Mission    Current 
Account 251  30 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  83 


WILLIAM   F.   BELL,  BEQUEST,  BROOKLYN,   N.    Y. 

1908. 
Sept.  28.     Cash  from  S.  B.  Stuchfield,  Executor  600  00 

Credited  to     Theological     Seminary, 
less  50  cents  Not.  Fees 500  00 

ANDREW   ALEXANDER   BEQUEST,    N.    Y.,    FIFTH   PAYMENT. 

1909. 
April  30.     Cash     from     Mrs.     Samuel     Murtland, 

Executrix   6,000  00 

Distributed  to — 

Foreign  Mission  P^und   $     2,500  00 

Su.stc  ntation     Fund     2,000   00 

Southern  Fund    1,000  00 

Indian  Fund   500  00 

$     6,000  00 

CHAS.    McILROY,    BEQUEST,    SPARTA,   ILL. 

1908. 
Nov.  4.     Cash  from  Executors  first  payment...  2,411  85 

Less  expenses  of  Executors  and  Board  553  86 


Distributed  as  per  Donor's  wishes  viz:  — 

Testimony  Bearing  l<"und  Current  Acct    .  .  .f:i09  (ifi 

National  Reform  Current  Acct 309  66 

Syrian  Mission,  Current  Acct 619  35 

Domestic  Mission,  Current  Acct 309  66 

Southern  Mission,  Current  Acct   309  66 

$     1.857  99 

REV.    D.    J.    SHAW,    BEQUEST,    NEW    ALEXANDRIA,    PA. 

1908. 

July  21.     Cash  from  Dr.  J.  R.  Jack,  Executor S  12024  71 

Distributed  as  follows,  viz: 

Foreign  Missions    $11,524  71 

National   Reform    500  00         12,024  71 

J.  M.  ELDER,  BEQUEST,  NEW  ALEXANDRIA.  PA. 

1908. 

Dec.  9.     Cash  from  J.  C.  Elder,  Executor 200  00 

Credited  to  Geneva   Col.   Endow,   fund  200  00 

MISS  LODEMA  WHITTAKER,  BEQUEST,  HOPKINTON,  IOWA. 

1909. 
March    17.     Cash    from    Rev.    S.    Turner   Foster  941   00 

Credited     to     Widows     &     Children 

Endowment     Fund     941   00 

MISS    M.    REBECCA    EUWER,    ALLEGHENY,    PA.,    COLLEGE    NOTE 

1909. 
.\pril   15.     Note     discounted     by     E.   C.   Euwer, 

AdminLs-trator     730  00 


84  MINUTES  OP"  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

THOS.    CHRISTISON,    BEQUEST,    MUKWONAGO,    WIS. 
1909. 

April    12.     Amount    of    Donation    at    death 100  00 

Transferred     to     Sustentation     En- 
dowment   Fund     100    GO 

REV.    DAVID    AND    MRS.    M.    E.    McKEE,    MEMORIAL    FUND,    CLA- 

RINDA,  PA. 

Cash  per  Mrs.  M.  E.  McKee ".  .  10,000  00 

Interest  yearly  to  be  divided  equally 
among   Aged    Peoples'    Home,    Do- 
mestic  Mission,   Aged   Ministers  and 
Widows  &  Children  Dec.  Min.  Funds 

MRS.    EDA    S.   E.    McKEE,    FOREIGN    MISSION    FUND,    PITTSBURG. 
Cash   per  Mrs.   Eda   S.  E.   McKee...  2,000  00 

$fi0.00  of  interest  yearly  for  Mrs. 
Eda  S.  E.  McKee,  Latakia  Hospital 
Cot,  balance  of  interest  to  Foreign 
Missions. 

MRS.    EDA    S.    E.    McKEE.    MINISTERS,    WIDOWS    AND    ORPHANS' 
FUND,    PITTSBURG,    PA. 

Cash    per    Mrs.    Eda    S.    E.    McKee..  1,000  00 

Interest  yearly  for  Ministers, 
Widows  and  Orphans'  Fund. 

DONATIONS    RECEIVING   INTEREST    DURING   IJFE    OF    DONORS. 

Rev.    R.    Shields,    Almonte,    Canada .$1,400  00 

Cash     1,850  00 

Mrs.    C.    J.    Beighley,    Raymilton,    Pa..       300  00 

James    Alton,    Rochester,    N.    Y 700  00—$     4,250  00 

REV.  CHAS.  CLYDE  HOME  FUND. 

1908. 

May  1.     Balance     1.200  41 

Averaged    interest    during   year 47  50 


1,247  91 

1908    Taxes    33  95 

1909  — 

May    1.     Balance     1-213  9'> 

DOMESTIC    MISSION. 

1909. 

Receipts. 

April  30.     From     Congregations     $4,881    51 

Miss    Martha    McConnell    Bequest    1,100  00 

Chas.  Mcllroy,  Beouest,   1st  payment..         309  66 

D.    Gregg,    1909    dividend    l."08  29 

1909   dividend  on   $32,111  30    l."66    12—$     9,765  58 


REFORMED   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH 


85 


Expenditures. 

Colorado    Presbytery    ' $  1,831  25 

Illinois   Presbytery    1,130  00 

Iowa     Presbytery     468  25 

Kansas    Presbytery     1,832  42 

N.  B.  &  N.   S.  Presbytery    685  50 

New    York    Presbytery    1,134   17 

Ohio     Presbytery     1,571   97 

Pittsburg    Presbytery     2,452  49 

Rochester     Presbytery     1,023  07 

Rev.    W.    J.    McBurney,    treveling    ex- 
penses  to   Content,   Can    66  72 

Rev.  Wm.  McFarland,  Preaching  East 

Craftsbury     •. 231   00 

Printing     9   50 

Expense    handling   fund    126  77 

Interest    for    overdraft    48   59 — $    12,611  70 


Balance    overdrawn    May    1st,    1908. 


138  76 


$  13,050  46 


1909. 
May  1.     Balance    overdrawn 


3,284    88 


SUSTENTATION   FUND. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance     

Receipts. 

Returned  by  Denver  Col.,  Congregation .  .$      250  00 

A.    Alexander   Bequest,    5th    payment....  2,000  00 

D.   Gregg,    1909    dividend    569    43 

From    Congregations    54   50^ 

Expenditures. 

Rev.  D.  C.  Paris,  order  1908  Synod 58  33 

Mercer,   Pa.,    Congregation    30  65 

Rev.  J.  A.  Black    60  00 

Rev.   John    Yates    83  33 

Rev.   J.    H.    Pritchard    25  00 

Rev.    J.    M.    Foster    800  00— 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance     

SOUTHERN  MISSION. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     

Receipts. 

From     Congregations     $  3,542  91 

Receipts    at    Mission    2,916  66 

Jos.   L.    Dodds,   Bequest    50  00 


$      3,143   60 


2,873   93 


1,057   31 


4,960  22 


1.694   21 


86  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD   OF   THE 


Chas.  Mcllroy,  Bequest,   1st  payment....  309  66 

A.   Alexander,  Bequest,   5th   payment....  1,000  00 

A   Kansas   Bequest    25  00 

D.    Greg-g,    1909    dividend    569  43 

1909    Dividend    on    $5,481.28 301  47 —       8,715  13 


10,409   334 


Expenditures. 

Traveling  expenses   of   Workers .318  85 

Supplies    paid    frpm    Pittsburg,    Pa 672  25 

Expenses    at    Mission     2,802    18 

Expenses    handling    fund     190  17 

Salaries     6,002  46—       9,985  91 


1909. 
May  1.        Balance    423  43 

INDIAN    MISSION. 

Receipts. 

W.  P.  M.  S.  Pittsburg  Presbytery    1,000  00 

Receipts  at  Mission  per  W.  W.  C 2,288  13 

From     Congregations     2,985  19 

A.    Alexander   Bequest,    5th    payment....  500  00 

Miss  Angelina  Adams  Bequest   251  30 

1909  dividend  51/2      per  cent  on  .$2,000...  110  00—       7,134  62 


Expenditures. 

Expenses   at   the   Mission    per    W.    ^V.    C.  3,29S  75 

Traveling  Expenses  of  Workers    247  85 

Paul    Coleman,    Preaching    135  00 

D.    H.    Elliott,    Preaching 25  00 

Supplies    from    Pittsburg,    Pa     11  89 

Salaries 4,071  51 

^Expenses   handling   funds    190  17 

Interest    on    overdraft    87  19—       8,067  36 


932  74 
Balance   overdrawn   May   1st,   1908 1,129  05 


Balance   overdrawn   May   1st,   1909 2,061  79 

GENEVA   COLLEGE   FUNDS. 

Receipts. 

From     Congregations     1,115  98 

Tuition   and   local   receipts    4.259  61 

Interest    on    Notes    561  42 

Mrs.  S.  J.  Steele,  1909  dividend   55  00 

1909    dividend    on    $161,211.82 8,866  65 

Rents     240  00 —     15,098  66 


Expenditures. 

Salaries    to    May    1st,    1909    11,690  59 

Prizes     55  00 


REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH 


87 


Supplies     3,651   00 

Salaries   outside   Faculty    

Printing-     

Repairs     

Piano    

Drilling   water   well    

Taxes  on  Athletic  Field   

Advertisement     

Sewering     

Interest  on  Dormitory   Note    

Laboratory    Supplies    

Interest  an   overdraft    

Expenses   for   services    handling    funds. 


Balance  overdrawn  May  1st,  1908 
Balance  overdrawn  May  1st,  1909 


293 

77 

155 

50 

146 

85 

535 

00 

131 

41 

41 

25 

106 

66 

37 

60 

58 

02 

248 

64 

656 

57 

190 

17—  17,998  03 

2,899   37 
6,722   80 

9,622   17 


GENEVA    COLLEGE    LLIBRARY    FUND. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     


1909. 
May  1. 


Receipts. 


From    Congregations 


Magazines 
Books     .  . . 


Balance 


Expenditures. 


318   96 


2   91 


321  87 

49  80 

161  12— 

210  92 

110   95 


1908. 
May  1. 

1909. 
May  1. 


GENEVA   CO.,   LTD.   ACCOUNT. 

Balance  due  Trustees  of  Synod 

Balance    same   as   last   year 


998  19 
998   19 


TEMPERANCE   FUND. 


1908. 
May  1. 


Balance 


Receipts. 


From    Congregations 


Expenditures. 

Postage    and    Expressage    

Printing     

Expenses  per  W.   W    Carithers    .. 


1909. 
May  1.     Balance    overdrawn 


312  34 


842 


1.154  61 

287  41 

273  99 

700  00— 

1,261  40 

106   "9 


88  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD  OF  THE 

THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY   FUND. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     151  87 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations    1.461  05 

Wm.  F.  Bell,  Bequest    499  50 

Dr.   Gregg,    1909   dividend 569  43 

1909    Dividend 3,559  64—       6,089  62 

6,241   49 
Expenditures. 

Salaries  6-l-'08  to  6-l-'09    6,000  02 

Railroad  fare  to  Board  Meetings   64  84 

Expenses  for  handling  Funds   126  77 

Incidental     46—       6,192  09 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance     49  40 

THEOLOGICAL     SEMINARY    LIBRARY     FUND. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     996  30 

Expenditures. 

Books   and   Magazines   purchased    62  42 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance     938  88 

MEMORIAL    BUILDINO    RENT    ACCOUNT. 
1908. 
May    1.     Balance     4,750  19 

Receipts. 

Rent  from  Park  Institute   800  00 

5,550   19 
Expenditures. 

1909    Taxes     282  84 

Gas    36  70 

Repairs      548  49 

Supp1ie.«      162«  884   21 

1909. 
May  1.     Balances     4,665  88 

STUDENTS'  AID  FUND. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     422  50 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations    722  80 

Rev.  H.  McCarroll  on  acct.  Note 15  00 

Rev.    H.   G.    Patterson    on   acct.    Note....  50  00 


REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH  89 


Rev.  J.  D.  Edgar    30  00 

1909    dividend    on    $16.256.88 S;94   13—       1,711   93 


2,134   43 


Expenditures. 


By  order  of  Board   of  Control: 

Paid    to   Students    of    Seminary    1,680  00 


1909. 
May    1.     Balance     454  43 


AGED    MINISTERS'    FUND. 


1908. 
May  1.     Balance 


1.293  -'S 

369  12 

708  32 

27  50— 

1,104  94 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations    

1909  dividend  on  $12,878.52    

1909  dividend  Jas.  &   M.  J.  Carlisle  fund 

Expenditures. 

By  Order  of  Board  of  Control: 

Rev.  J.   C.    K.   Faris    300  00 

Rev.    D.    S.    Faris    250  00 

Rev.   W.   M.   George    250  00 

■    Rev.  J.  M.  Armour    300  00 

Rev.  D.  H.  Coulter   300  00—        1,400  00 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance      998   32 

WIDOWS   AND  CHILDREN   DECEASED  MINISTERS. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance      1,238  96 

Receipts. 

From    Congregntions    1,040  11 

Mrs.  B.   T.  Dodds,   Bequest    67  24 

D.    Gregg,    1909   dividend    569    43 

1909  dividend  on  $5,829  02   320  59 

1909   dividend   J.   R.   McKee   Fund    110  00—       2,107  37 


3,346  33 
Expenditures. 

By   Order  of  Board   of  Control: 

Miss  Anna  B.  George    •  150  00 

E.    R.    William!=    180  00 

J.   H.   Cannon    100  00 

E.  M.  Cannon •  150  00 

J.  M.   McDonald    125  00 

Mrs.   R.   R.   Johnston    100  00 

M.    Lawson     200  00 

S.    I.    Clyde    300  00 

W.    Reid    200  00 

J.     R.     McClurkin     75   00 


90  MINUTES   OF   THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


S.    Love     75  00 

K.   E.    Smith    100  00 

W.   W.   Wilson    200  00—       1,955  00 

1909. 
May   1.     Balance     1,391  33 

OAKLAND  CHINESE   MISSION. 

Receipts. 
1908. 

May  1.     Balance     804  "i  8 

Jos.   L.    Dodds,    Bequest    50  00 

D.    Gregg,    1909    dividend    569  43 

1909   dividend   on   $400.00    22  00 

From     Congregations     405  07 —        1,046  50 

1.851  28 
Expenditures. 

Rent     3G0  00 

Salary    1,200  00 

Expens;>    for   handling   fvinds    76  07 —       1,636  07 

1009. 
May  1.     Balance     215  21 

TESTIMONY   BEARING    FUND. 
1908. 
May  1.     Balance     376  73 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations    1.802  31 

Chas.   Mcllroy    Bequest,   1st  payment....  309  66 

Collections    per    Rev.    W.    J.    McKnight..  500  00 —       2,611   97 

2,988   70 
Expenditures. 

Salary     1,200  00 

Printing     178  50 

Postage     39  52 

Expenses  Rev.   W.  J.   McKnight    500  00 

Expenses  for  handling  funds 63  39 —       1,981   11 

1909. 
May  1.     Balance     1,007    29 

BALANCE    SHEET. 

Liabilities. 

Total   amount   of   Endowments    $540,281    10 

Sundry   Accounts. 

Cash    Donation     1,850  00 

Cash  Donation    100  00 

Contingent    Account     1,001  40 

Theological   Seminary   Current   Account 49  40 


REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH  91 


Theological   Seminary  Library  Account    933  88 

Students'    Aid    Fund    454  43 

Memorial   Building  Rent   Account    4,665  88 

Aged    Ministers'    Fund    998  32 

Widows  &  Children  Deceased  Ministers   1,391  33 

Southern    Mission     423  43 

Oakland   Chinese   Mission    215  21 

Sustentation  Fund    4.960  22 

Testimony   Bearing   Fund    1,007  29 

Geneva   College   Library   Fund    110  95 

Rev.  R.  Shields  Donation   1,400  00 

Estate  of  John  Gibson  200  00 

Rev.    D.    J.    Shaw    Donation     349  07 

Miss  M.  Rebecca  Euwer,  College  Note   730  00 

James   Alton,    Donation    700  00 

Rev.    C.    Clyde   Home   Fund    1,213  96 

S.    Carolina    Cemetery    Lot    Fund    12  25 

Sundries    Account     225  56 

W.    P.    M.    S.    Pittsburg    Presbytery     200   00 

Pittsburg  Presbytery   Current  Account 287  50 

Pittsburg    Presbytery    Education    Account 915  85 

Pittsburg    Pre&bytery    Investment    Account     ....  2,350  00 

Pittsburg  Presbytery  S.  School  Account   19  10 

Mortgage   Account,   special 163  00 —  567,208  HO 

Assets. 

D.    Gregg    Mortgage    Account     $157  300  00 

Regular    Mortgage     344,404  05                          • 

Real    Estate     43,417    38 

Office    Furniture     484  68 

Cash    Account     5,433  80 

Temperance    Account     106  79 

Domestic  Mission  Account    3,284   88 

ladian    Mission    Account     2,061   79 

Geneva   College    Account    9,622  17 

Geneva  College   Dormitory  Account    967  00 

Wml   Gray   Donation    3  00 

Mrs.   S.   Greer  Bequest    80 

East   Craftsbury   Vt.    Church    122  56 —  567,208  90 


.$567,208   90 


AUDITORS'    CERTIFICATE. 

We,  the  undersigned,  appointed  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Synod  to 
audit  the  accounts  of  James  S.  Tibby,  Treasurer,  would  respectfully 
report  that  we  have  examined  the  Accounts,  Mortgages  and  othe« 
Securities,    Cash    in    Bank,    and    find    same    correct    as    per    Report    to 

1909  Synod. 

R.   C.   WYI.IE, 
O.    WYLIE, 
JNO.   M.   ALLEN, 

Auditors. 

Pittsburg,   Pa.,   May  20th,   1909. 


92 


MINUTES   OF  THE   SYNOD   OF  THE 


REPORT    OF    JAMES    S.    TIBBY,    TREASURER    LITERARY    FUND. 
May  1,  1908,    Balance     1,580  81 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations    38  66 

Sale    of    Test,    and    Discipline    25  70 

Sale    of   Psalms   Books    721   96 

Sale  of   Psalm   Selections    59  64 

Sale    of    Old    Minutes    2  30 

1908     Minutes     306  95 

Sale  of  Miscellaneous   hooks    10  05 —       1,165  26 

Expenditures. 

Insurance  on  Plates  in  N.  Y 18  36 

Psalm    Books   from   Irish    Church    278  83 

Printing   Circulars    and   Blanks    21  75 

Printing   1908    Minutes    225  00 

Printing      1500      small      new      version 

Psalm   Books,   edition   1889    300  80 

Allegheny   Safe   Deposit   Co.   rent   6-1-09  5  00 

Presbyterian    Alliance   Apportion 40  00 

Advertisements     16  50 

Postage,   expressage.   freight   on   books..  69  18 —          999  06 

May   1st,   1909,   Balance    1,747  01 

The  supply  of  Psalm  Selections,  Long  Primer,  new  version  Psalms 
is  exhausted.  I  await  your  instructions  as  to  ordering  a  new  edition 
ot  each. 

JAMES   S.   TIBBY, 

Treasurer. 

The  above  statement  has  been  compared  with  the  books,  which 
have   been   audited   and   found   correct. 

JNO.   M.   ALLEN, 
GEORGE  A.   McKEE, 

Auditors. 


REPORT   OF   FINANCIAL   AGENT  FOR   NATIONAL   REFORM. 

Receipts. 

From    Congregations,    Individuals   and    Societies..  5,373  64 

Subscriptions  to  Christian  Statesman    408  33 

.World's    Conference    352  45 

Sale    of   Literature    19  10 

Rev.   D.   J.   Shaw's   Bequest,   New   Alexandria,   Pa  500  00 

Chas    Mcllroy's   Bequest,    Sparta,    111.,    1st   paym't  309  66 

Winona  Lake   Work    150  80—       7,1 13 

Expenditures 

Office    Supplies     123  14 

Office   Rent    300  00 

Phone     16  20 

Printing     92  25 

Printing  and  Postage  of  Christian  Statesman...  1,654   44 

World's    Conference    expenses    194  65 


98 


REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH  93 


Traveling    expenses    120  20 

Salary    office    Assistants     333  34 

Charter   expenses    53  66 

Salary  and  Expense  Retained,  J.   R.   Dill 955  03 

Salary  and  Expense   Retained,  J.   S.   Martin 750  78 

Salary  and  Expense  Retained,  E.   A.   Crooks 669  61 

Salary  and  Expense  Retained,   T.   P.   Stevenson..  446  05 

Salary  and  Expense  Retained,  J.   M.  Foster 181  50 

R.  C.  Wylie  on  acct..  editing  Sabbath  Laws 100  00 

Balance  overdrawn  May  1st,   1908 7  66 —       5,998  51 


Balance  on  hand  May  1st,  1909    1,115   47 

JAMBS  S.   TIBBY,  Financial  Agent. 

We  have  compared  the  aboye  Report  with  the  Treasurer's  books, 
which  have  been  audited  and  found  correct  by  the  undersigned  Audit- 
ing Committee. 

J.    S.    MARTIN, 
W.    A.   C.   BROWN, 

Committee. 
Pittsburg,    Pa.,    May    18,    1909. 

PRINTING  AND   SALE   OF   1908    MINUTES. 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Literary  Fund  would  report  that  there  were 
one  thousand  copies  of  1908  minutes  printed  by  the  Tribune  Printing 
Co.,  Beaver  Palls,  Pa. 

Copies  sold,  at  35c  each 877  306  Ita 

Copies  free    15 

Copies    t  J   Replace    4 

896 

Printing   Minutes    225   00 

Postage    and    Expressage     23  64 

Envelopes   for   Mailing    2  45 —          251  09 

Balance    55  86 

JAMES  S.  TIBBY,  Treasurer. 

SYNOPSIS    OF   THE    REPORT    OF   TREASURER    WALTER    T.    MIL- 
LER,   FROM    APRIL    1st,    1908,    to    MARCH    29th.    1909. 

Syrian    Mission    Fund. 

The   receipts   have   been: 

From    Congregations     $  7,464  .'1 

From    Sabbath   Schools   and   Missionary   Societies    1,818  04 

From   Individuals   and   Bequests    1,628  92 

From  various  sources,  specially  for  Latakia 577  79 

From   various   sources,   specially  for   Cyprus    239  00 

From   various   sources,   specially   for  Tarsus    60  00 

From   various   sources,   specially   for   Suedia    35  00 

From  Estate  of  Andrew  Alexander,  4th  payment  on  acct  of 

his    Bequest    . .' 2,500  00 

From  Dividend  David  Gregg  Endowment  Fund  through  Syn- 
od's  Board   of   Trustees    3,005  00 


94  MINUTES   OF  THE   SYNOD  OF  THE 


From    Dividend    Invested    Funds    through    Synod's    Board    of 

Trustees     2,674  84 

From  Dividend  J.  R.  McKee  Memorial  Fund  through  Synod's 

Board  of  Trustees    55  00 

From   Young  People  of  Second  N.   Y.  Congregation,   through 
Dr.   Sommerville,   toward   salary   their  Missionary   in  Island 

Cyprus    42:  1  y 

From   Bequest   of  John   A.   Adams,    deceased,   of   Second   New 

York    Congregation    500  00 

From,  through  Olive  Trees: 

Young  Women  of  the  Ref.  Pres.  Church    107  05 

Ministers  of  the  Ref.  Pres.   Church    65  00 

Elders    of    the    Ref.    Pres.    Church    A  50 

Toward  salaries  their  respective   Missionaries. 

From    Some    Women    and    their   friends    of    2nd    N.    Y.    Cong., 

through    Dr.    Sommerville,   for   Mountain   Schools   in    Syria..  314  00 

From    Transfer   from    Semi-Centennial    Memorial    Fund 2,700  00 

From  Transfer  from  Semi-Centennial  Memorial  fund   (as  di- 
rected   by    donors)     520  50 

From  Dr.  A.  R.  Dray,  refunding  balance  in  full  of  money  re- 
mitted  him   for   Outfit,    Medical   Supplies,   etc.,   for   Tarsus 

Mission.   July   12,   1 905    50  00 

From   Surplus   left    over   from   Traveling   Expense,    funds    of 

Rev.  J.  Boggs  Dodds,  from   Suedia  to  New  oYrk 27  95 

Total    Receipts    $  24,774  79 

The    Expenditures    have    been: 

For  salaries    $   11,497  17 

For  Mission  Expenses,  acct.  Latakia  and  Suedia    3,868  21 

For  Mission  Expenses,  acct.   Tarsus    4,287  48 

For  Mission  Expenses,  acct.   Cyprus    2,013  56 

For  Special  Contributions,  acct.  I.atakia    897  79 

For   Special   Contrilnitions,   acct.    Tarsus    66  00 

For  Special   Contril)utions,   acct.   Cyprus    23.3  00 

For   Special   Contributions,    acct.    Suedia    35  00 

For  Outfit  acct.   Miss  F.   May   Elsey    160  00 

For   Outfit   acct.    Rev.    R.   E.    Willson    400  00 

For  Educational   Work,   acct.   Cyprus    500  00 

For   Small   Items,    Stationery   and   Cablegrams    25  14 

For  Shipping   Expenses    183  51 

For  Medical  Supplies,  acct.  Syria   \'^0  i)9 

For   Traveling  Expenses: — - 

Board   Members  from  Philadelphia   to   New   York 4  30 

Miss  E.  M.   Sterrett.   from  Tarsus  to  Venetia,   Pa 166  49 

Miss  F.  May  Elsey,  from  Chicago  to  New   York 28  19 

Rev.  R.  E.  Willson  and  wife,  from  Morning  Sun  to  N.  Y.  .  .  C9  60 
Rev.  R.  E.  Willson  and  wife,  and  Miss  F.  May  Elsey,  from 

New   York  to  the  Missions    635  20 

Total  Expenditures $  25,181   53 

The  excess  of  Expenditures  over  Receipts  being 406  74 

And   deducting  same   from   Credit  Balance  of  April    1,   1908   of  451   90 

Leaves  a  Credit  Balance  this  date  of   $         15  16 


REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH  95 


Mission  in  China   Fund. 

The   Receipts   have    been: 

From    Congregations     $     ?,,2C>1  01 

From    Sabbath    Schools    and    Missionary    Societies    1,299  06 

From  Individuals  and  Bequests    1.25?.  36 

From  Dividend  Invested  Funds,  by  Synod's  Board  of  Truste'iS  13  06 

From  Col.  Pres.,  salary  their  Missionary,  Dr.  Kate  McBurney  600  00 
From  3d  Phila.  Cong-,  salary  their  Miss'y,  Dr.  J.  M.  Wright  1,000  00 
PYom  Harry  Lanphear  Memorial  Fund,  salary  its  Missionary 

Rev.    Julius   A.    Kempf    600  00 

F^rom   Ohio   Presbytery,   on   account   salary   their   Missionary, 

Rev.   R.   A.  Blair    '527  45 

From  Bequest  of  John  A.   Adams,   deceased,   of  Second   New 

York    Congregation     500  00 

From  Transfer  from  Semi-Centennial  Memorial  Fund 1,500   00 

From  Transfer  from  Semi-Centennial  Memorial  Fund(  as  di- 
rected   by    donors    5G9   00 

By  acct.  Traveling  Expenses  of  Rev.  J.   K.   Robb,   and   Dr.   J. 

M.  Wright,  and  their  families  to  America,  amount  remitted 

,to   China  for   that   purpose,   and  thus   charged   in   last   year's 

report  to  Sj'nod,  but  which  was  used  to  pay  their  salaries, 

and  now  charged  to  that  account   1,000  00 

Total    Receipts    $   12,128   94 

The  Expenditures  hfive  lieen: 

For    Salaries     H  10,50^  52 

For   Mission   Expenses    772  75 

For    Small   Items    21  28 

For   Shipping  Expenses    'j49  20 

For    Medical    Supplies    .| 43  78 

For   Special    Contributions    1,177  06 

For  Outfit,   acct.   Miss   Jennie   Dean    160  00 

For  Outfit  acct.  Rev.  W.  M.  Robb,  balance  in  full 200  00 

For  Outfit   acct.   Rev.   E.   C.   Mitchell,   balance   in    full SO  00 

For   Traveling  Expenses:  — 

Rev.  J.  K.  Robb  and  family  to  America   I'Oi'  05 

Board   Members   from    Philadelphia   to   New    York 4  30 

Miss  Dean  from   Chicago   to   Seattle    70  00 

Miss  Jennie  Dean,  and  Rev.  J.  K.  Robb,  and  family  from 

Seattle    to    Hong    Kong    571  30 

Dr.  J.  M.  Wright  and  family,  from  Denison  to  Hong  Kong  45!!!  00 

Dr.  J.  M.  Wright,   to  attend  Synod   of  1908    100  00 

Rev.  R.  A.  Blair  and  family  from  Hong  Kong  to  Utica,  O  465  00 
Drs.   Kate   and   Jean    McBurney,   from     Hong     Kong     to 

America,    on   account    l.OOf^  00 

Remitted  to  China  Treasurer,  balance  in  full  due  the  Mis- 
sionaries, that  sailed  from  America,  during  Septem- 
ber,  1907,   as  per  accts.   submitted  by  them    100  79 


Total    Ex)ienditures    $  1 6,68S    03 

Excess  of  Expenditures   over   Receipts   being    4,559  09 

And  Deducting  same  from  Credit  Bal.  of  April  1,  1908  of .  .  .  .        4,5S1  37 

Leaves  a   Credit   Balance   this   date   of    $  22  28 


96 


MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


39S 

as 

276 

06 

82 

50 

:j,767 

42 

Syrian    Hospital    Fund. 

Dr. 

1908. 
Nov.     6.     To    cash,    paid    Brown      Bros.,      &      Co., 

part   Sterling   Bill    £103,    6,    1 250    00 

Oct.   16.     To  cash  paid  Montgomery  Ward  &  Co..  53  96 

Dec.   18.     To   cash    paid    Brown    Bros    &    Co.,    for 

part   Sterling  Bill    £103,    1.    5.... 250  00 

1909. 
Feb.     5.     To    cash    paid   Brown    Bros.    &    Co.,    for 

Sterling   Bill    for    £103,    1,    10 500  00 

May.     5.     To    Balance    carried    down 2,713  46 

Cr. 

May      5.     By   Balance   as   reported   to   Synod 3,010  48 

1909. 

May  5.  By  Cash,  contributions  received  to  date 
from  Sabbatii  schools,  Missionary  So- 
cieties,   and    Individuals,    for    general 

purpose   of  Hospital    

Support  of  beds    

May     5.     By  interest  earned  to  date   

$     3,767   42- 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Balance  brought   down    2,713  46 

Tarsus   Building    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 

May     5.     By  Balance   as  reported   to   Synod 1,887  20 

Aug.  11.  By  Transfer  from  Syrian  Mission  Fund 
money  sent  to  Rev.  C.  A.  Dodds,  to 
purchase  property  with,  but  used  for 
general  Mission  purposes,  as  a  sat- 
isfactory Title  could  not  be  obtained..  2,000  00 

1909. 

May     5.     By  interest  earned  to  date   105  00 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To   Balance   carried   down 3,992  20 

$     3,992   20  3,992   20 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down 3,992  20 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  97 

Building    Fund,    Mission    in    China. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By  Balance  as  reported  to  Synod 2,810  59 

1909. 
May     5.     By  interest  earned  to  date    84  32 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To   Balance   carried    down    2,894   91 

$      2,894   91  2,894   91 

Cr. 

1909. 

May     5.     By    balance    brought    down     2,894   91 

Building    Fund,    Hospital    in   China. 

Dr. 

1908. 
May     5.     To    Balance    as    reported    to    Synod...       1,46.3  45 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    carried    down    ,       1,463   45 

$     1,463   45     $      1,463   45 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To    Balance    brought     down $     1,463  45 

Tarsus-Mersine   Hospital    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By  Balance  as  reported  to  Synod   371  77 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To   Balance    carried   down    371  77 

$         371   77     .$         371   77 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down    371   77 

Building    Fund,    Larnaca,    Cyprus. 

Cr. 

1908. 

May     5.     By   Balance   as    reported    to   Synod 14  50 


98  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD   OF  THE 


Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To  Balance   carried   down    14  50 


$  14   50     $        14   50 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down     14   TO 

Hospital    in   China,    Dispensary  Account. 

Cr. 

1908. 
July    22.     By    Cash,    from    L.    M.    S.    United    Mi-     ' 

Congregation     •.  .  .  .  25  00 

Dec.     15.     By  Cash  from    Y.   P.   S.   C.   E.   Olathe 

Congregation     25  00 

1909. 
May     5.     By   Balance    carried    down    229  20 

Dr. 

1908. 
May     5.     To    Balance    as    reported    to    Synod....  279  20 


279  20  279   20 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By   Balance    brought    down    229  20 

Martha    Cunningham    Memorial    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By  Balance  as  reported  to   Synod 46  08 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To    Balance    carried    down ' 46  08 

46   08  46  08 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down    46  OS 

Dr.  J.   Maude   George,   Hospital   Account 

Cr. 

1908.       - 
May     5.     By    Balance    as    reported    to    Synod    ...  ^^i   •'" 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Interest  earned  to  date ^  ^^ 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  99 


Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To   Balance   carried    down    118  85 


118    85  118  85 


Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down    118  35 

Lanphear   Memorial    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 

May     5.     By  Balance   as   reported   to   Synod 4,974  00 

May  11.  By  Cash,  from  Mrs.  Tillie  Henn,  (nee 
Mrs.  Harry  Lanphear)  of  Blanchard, 
la.,  conditions  and  terms  same  as 
those    covering    contribution    of    June 

n8,    1905    -  600    00 

Dec.  16.  By  cash,  from  Mrs.  Tillie  Henn,  of 
Blanchard,  la.,  conditions  and  terms 
same    as    those    covering    contribution 

of  June    8,    1905 600  00 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Interest   earned   to   date    180  00 

Dr. 

1909. 

Jan.  4.  To  Transfer  to  Mission  in  China  fund, 
half  year's  salary  of  Rev.  Julius  A. 
Kempf,  due  in  advance  from  1st  of 
October,    1908 300  00 

March  11.  To  Transfer  to  Mission  in  China  fund, 
half  year's  salary  of  Rev.  Julus  Kempf 
due   in  advance  from   l&t   April  '09...  300  00 

May     5.     To    Balance    carried    down    5,754  00 


6,354   00  6,354   00 


Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Balance   brought   down    5,754  00 

Rev.    D.    J.    Shaw,    Foreign    IVIission    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 
July  23.  By  Cash,  from  Bequest  of  Rev.  Dr. 
D.  J.  Shaw,  of  New  Alexandria,  Pa., 
to  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of 
the  Ref.  Pres.  Church,  (old  school) 
for  the  purpose  of  pressing  forward 
and  advancing  the   work   in   the  For- 


100  MINUTES   OF  THE   SYNOD  OF  THE 


eign  Field   (abstract  of  Will)   through 
J.    R.    Jack,    Executor,    $11,524.71    less 

collection    charge,    $11.52     11,513  19 

1009. 
May     5.     By  Interest  earned  to  date    275  00 

Dr. 

iyC8. 
Oct.  13.  To  Cash,  remitted  Cyprus  Mission 
equivalent  of  excess  of  expenditures 
over  remittances  for  building  erect- 
ed, as  per  statement  of  Dr.  Calvin 
McCarroll,  paid  Brown  Bros.,  for  De- 
mand  Sterling  Bill,   for    £115,   7 561  46 

1909. 
May     5.     To  Balance   carried  down    11,226   73 

11,788  19         11,788  19 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By    Balance    brought    down    11,226  73 

David    Oliver    Brown    Memorial    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By   Balance   as   reported   to   Synod 1,514  77 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Interest   earned   to   date    45  44 

Dr. 

1809. 
May     5.     To  Balance  carried  down    1,560  21 


1,560   21  1,560    21 

Cr. 

^^og. 

May     5.     By   Balance  brought   down 1,560  21 

Isabella  Stewart   Martin   Memorial    Fund 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By   Balance   as    reported   to   Synod 5,463  64 

1905. 
May     5.     By  Interest  earned  to  date    163  91 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To    Balance    carried    down 5,627  55 


5,627   55  5,627   55 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAX   CHURCH.  101 

Cr. 

1009. 
May     5.     By   Balance   brought    down    5,627  55 

New    Station    in    China    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By    Balance    as    reported    to    Synod....  6.289  05 

1909. 
May     5.     By   Interest   earned   to   date    188  67 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To    Balance    carried    down    6,477  72 

6,477   72  6,477   72 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By  Balance   brought   down    6,477  72 

Discretionary    Account   of    Treasurer. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By  Balance  as  reported  to  Synod 70  07 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To  Balance  carried  down    70  07 

70   07  70   07 

Cr. 

1909. 
May     5.     By   Balance    brought    down    70  07 

Miss  Maggie  B.  Edgar,  Cemetery  Fence  Account. 

Cr. 

1908. 
May     5.     By    Balance    as    reported    to    Synod....  35    00 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To    Balance    carried    down    35  00 

35  00  35  00 

Or. 

1909 
May     5.     By  Balance  brought  down    35  00 


102  MINUTES   OF  THE   SYNOD  OF  THE 

The   Rev.    R.  A.   Blair,   Field   Secretary   Account. 
Cr. 

i9oy. 

Jan.   12.     By  Cash  from  W6men's  Missionary  So- 
ciety,   2d    Phila.    Congregation 20  00 

Dr. 

190S. 
May     5.     Balance    carried    down    20  00 


20    00  20  00 


Cr. 

1!)09. 
May     5.     By  Balance  brought  down    20  00 


The    Semi-Centennial    Memorial    Fund. 

Cr. 

1908. 

May     5.     By  Balance   as   reported   to   Synod    8,263  69 

1909. 
May     5.     By      Cash,      contributions    received      to 
date: — 

From    Congregations     167  2.1 

From    S.    S.    &    Missionary    Societies..  725  94 

From    Individuals    and    Bequests.....  903  S2 

From    Mr.    and    Mrs.    W.    R.   Curry,    of 

Winchester.     Kansas     500  00 

Mansfield    O.,    Congregation    by   order 

of   Board    of   Trustees    100  00 

Prom    various    sources,    specially    for 

Syrian     Mission     53  00 

Mission    in    China     179  50 

Latakia    Mission     25    GO 

Cyprus    Mission     25  00 

Jewish    Mission     50  00 

Oakland    Mission    50  00 

To  be  used  at  discretion  of  Board..  120  00 

By  Interest  earned  to  date    953    94 

Dr. 

1909. 
May     5.     To   Transfer  to  Mission   in   China  fund       1,500  00 
To   Transfer   to   Mission   in   China    (as 

directed     by    donors)      569  00 

To    Transfer   to    Syrian    Mission    fund       2,700  00 
To   Transfer  to   Syrian      Mission      (as 

directed    by    donors)     520  50 

To   Balance    carried   down    6,827  64 


$  12.117   14     $   12,117   14 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  10  J 

Cr. 

190&. 

May     5.     By    Balance    ):)rought    down     6,827  64 

WALTER   T.    MILLER,   Treasurer. 
The   above    accounts    have    been    audited   and   found   correct. 

HENRY    ONEIL, 
ALEXANDER     ADAMS, 

Committee. 
New  York,  May  5th,  1909. 

To   the   Synod   of   the    Reformed   Presbyterian   church,    to   meet   in   Chi- 
cago, 111.,   May   26th,   1909: 
The    Treasurer    of    the    Foreign    Mission    Fund    respectfully    reports 

concerning  the   Turkish   Relief  Fund  handled  by  him  since   1st  of  May, 

1909,   as   follows: 

Disbursements. 

1909. 

April  30.  Amount  appropriated  temporarily 
from  funds  in  Treasury  and  remit- 
ted to  the   Missions    .$     1,000  00 

May  4.  Amount  transferred  by  cable,  equiva- 
lent to  £64,  0,  0,  each  to  Mersine, 
Latakia,    and    Alexandretta,    as    re- 

qtiested   by   donors    942  96 

Cable     charges     14  58 

May  21.     Amt.    draft   forwarded    to    Mersine 500  00 


Totals   Disbursements    2,457  54 

Receipts 

1909. 
May  25.     Amount    of   contributions      received      to 

d_ate  from  various  sources    •$     2,36:1  26 

Total   Receipts    2,363    2i] 

Leaving  a  Debit  Balance,  this  date  of   94  28 

WALTER  T.  MILLER,  Treasurer. 
New   York,   May    25th,    1909. 

The   Church    Erection    Fund. 

Dr. 

1908. 

May  20.     To    Cash,    paid    appropriation    to    San- 
ta   Ana    Congregation     $     1.000    00 

June  23.     To    cash,     paid     Morris      Botwen,       for 

printing  operation  blanks    5    50 

June  23.     To    cash,    paid    appropriation    to    San- 
ta   Ann    Congregation    1,000  00 

Oct.  22.     To      cash,      paid     appropriation    to    Old 

Bethel    Congregation    1,000  00 

Oct.    24.     To    cash    paid    appropriation    to    Santa 

Ana    Congregation     .^00  00 

190-. 

May     5.     To  Balance  carried  down    4,723   99    ' 


104  MINUTES   OF   THE   SYNOD   OF  THE 


Cr. 

1908. 

May     5.     By   Balance    as    reported    to    Synod 6,207  35 

1909. 

May     5.     By  Contributions  received  to  date  from 

congregations     891  24 

From  Sabbath  Schools  &  Miss'y  Soc.  30  28 

From    Individuals     144  42 

From  Trustees  of  Mansfield,  O.,  Cong  199  77 

From    Dividend    Invested    Funds 187  00 

From   David   Gregg  Endowment   fund 

through  Trustees  of  Synod    569  43 


8,229  49  8,229  49 

Cr. 

l&OO. 
May     5.     By  Balance  brought  down    4,723   99 

WALTER  T.  MILLER,  Treasurer. 
Audited   and   found   correct. 

H.    O.NEILL, 

A.    D.    MCNEILL, 

Committee. 

REPORT    OF    S.    A.    S.    METHENY,    TREASURER    OF    THE    JEWISH 
MISSION    BOARD   MAY    1st,    1908,    to   APRIL    30th,    1909. 

Dr. 

Balance  Reported  to  Last  Synod    ' $1,227  56 

Congregations,    Receipts    from    1,047  75 

Sabbath  Schools  and  Societies,  Receipts  from 307  44 

Individuals,   Receipts   from    213  87 

Third  Dividend   (.1688  per  cent)  from  "City  Trust"        29  83 

Interest  on  Deposit  in  bank   8  40— $2,834  S5. 

Cr. 

Salaries:  — 

Rev.  E.  J.  Feuersohn  to  5-1-09 $900  00 

Miss  Mary  Bell  to  5-1-09 480  00 

W.  H.  Henderson  to  5-1-09    35  00 

S.  Safran  two  months 32  00 

Miss  Mary  Cupples  three   weeks    3  75 — $1,450  75 

Renovating    Mission   Building:  — 

Carpentry  and  brick  laying   $197  60 

Painting     165  00 

Papering    60  00 

Plumbing 29  35 

Gas  Fitting  and  Lights    17  28 

Smaller  Items  and  Supplies 64  24—      533  47 

Water  Tax   13  00 

Coal     38  10 

Gas     36  62 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  105 

General  Expenses    277  79 

Balance    on    hand    485  12 — $2,834   85 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.    A.    S.    METHENY,    Treasurer. 
The    undersigned    hereby    certify    that    the    foregoing   account    is    a 
condensed    statement   taken   from   the   itemized   account   in   the    book   of 
the  treasurer,  which  we  have  examined  and  found  correct. 

J.    C.    McFEETERS, 
WILLIAM    G.    CARSON, 

Auditor.s. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Mav  11th.  1909. 

TWELFTH  ANNUAL    REPORT    OF   R.    P.    WOMAN'S   ASSOCIATION, 
MARCH,   1908   TO   MARCH,    1909. 

Receipts. 

March    1,    1908,   Balance    $2,956  45 

Wardrobe   Committee   Room    1   00 

Miss     Dryden     Account 32  01 

Thank    Offering    Room    115  40 

Jane  Lindsay  Room    153   00 

Theresa  Lawson   Account    457  00 

Mrs.    Daugherty    Account    98  80 

J    C.  Elder  Room    100  00 

Manager's    Cont.    Fund    9   50 

Miss  Woolston  Account   *. 210  00 

Congregational   Collection    "152  29 

James  Temple    274    19 

Mrs.  Susan  Patterson    282  00 

Membership    Dues     .' .  183  00 

Interest     392   65 

McConnell    Room     250  00 

Eccles    Sisters     144   15 

Admission    Fees     1,600  00 

Current  Expense    2,024  01--  6,879  OC 

$9,835  45 
Expenditures. 

Gregg    Room     $        4    35 

D.  and  M.  E.  McKee  Room    1  85 

Eda  S.   E.   McKee   Room    26  40 

Lizzie  Hunter  Room   1  00 

Samuel   McKee   Room    2  70 

Ward   Robe   Room    1  00 

Davidson    Room     2  05 

Wylie   Room    1  75 

J.   C.  Elder  Room    89  20 

Manager's    Cont.    Fund     21  20 

Alton  Room   1  50 

Mrs.  J.   H.   Ward  Room    5  50 

Interest     1,513  26 

Building   Fund    68  99 

McConnell    Room    95  28 

House    Expense    1,478  04 


106  MINUTES   OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

Heat   and  Light    334  19 

Salary     894    50 

Current  Expense    3,187  96 

Morton    Room     119  05—  7,849  77 

March,   1909,  Balance    $1,985  68 

Respectfully  submitted, 

A.   G.   WALLACE,   Treasurer. 
We    have    examined    the    accounts    of    the    Treasurer    for   the    year 
ending  March,   1909,  and  find   the  balance  shown  above  to  be   $1,985.68, 
(correct.) 

ROBT.    A.    M.    STEEL, 
T.    S.    TRUMBULL, 

Auditor.s. 

BALANCE    SHEET. 

Showing   the   condition   of  the   different  funds,   the  balance   on   hand  or 
the  amount  overdrawn. 
Name                                                                                   Overdrawn.       Balance 

Students'    Aid   Fund    $        454  43 

Aged    Misisters'    Fund 998  32 

Widows  and  Orphans'  Fund    1,391  ?.o 

Aged   Peoples'    Home    1,985  68 

Theological    Seminary    49  40 

Jewish   Mission    485  12 

Southern    Mission     423  43 

Indian    Mission     $  2,061   79 

Domestic    Mission             1,685  34 

Chinese   Home    Mission    215  21 

National    Reform    1,115  51 

Temperance     106  79 

Syrian    Mission    45  16 

Mission   in   China    22  28 

Testimony  Bearing    1,007  29 

Geneva    College    9,622  17 

Church    Erection     '    4,723  99 

■  Literary    Fund     1,747  01 

Totals    $  11,790  75     $  16,349  51 

The  Clerk  cast  the  unanimous  ballot  of  Synod  for  George  A. 
McKee,  Daniel  C.  Martin  and  Robert  J.  Ward  to  be  their  own 
successors  on  Synod's  Board  of  Trustees,  for  a  term  of  three 
years,  beginning  June  15,  1909. 

J.  C.  McFeeters  presented  the  reasons  of  dissent  of  himself 
and  others  from  the  action  of  Synod  in  adopting  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  National  Reform. 

T.  P.  Stevenson  and  J.  S.  Martin  were  appointed  to  answer 
the  reasons  of  Dissent. 

The  time  was  extended  that  the  Committee  on  Signs  of  the 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  107 

Times  might  present  its  report.  The  report  was  received  and 
adopted,  and  is  as  follows: 

REPORT    OF   COMMITTEE   ON   SIGNS   OF   THE   TIMES. 

The  Committee  on  the  "Signs  of  the  Times"  would  respectfully 
report:  In  looking  into  matters,  out  of  which  we  may  find  reasons 
for  Thanksgiving-  unto  God,  we  would  name: 

1.  That  we  are  here  in  the  place  appointed  for  our  meeting, 
that  we  have  been  permitted  in  these  months,  each  in  his  place  to  do 
the  work  God  has  given  us  to  do.  We  owe  God  thanks,  that  in  His 
grace  we  are  still  called  to  do  work  in  the  vineyard,  some  of  us  even  to 
the  eleventh  hour.  To  be  allowed  to  live  now,  and  to  be  asked  to 
work  now,  to  have'  the  chance  of  duty-  now,  in  these  wonderful  years 
with  the  amazing  possibilities,  is  matter  of  exceeding  thankfulness. 

2.  That  the  church  through  which  we  do  our  work,  through  our 
representatives,  still  befriends,  strives  to  lead  into  the  higher  lif-^, 
still  gives  sympathy  to  the  races,  that  have  been  and  still  are 
being  wronged,  to  the  Negro  at  Selma,  to  the  Indian  in  Oklahoma,  io 
the  Chinaman  in  OaOkland,  and  to  the  Jew  in  Philadelphia. 

We  are  glad  that  we  can  in  some  measure  and  intention,  make 
up  for  the  wrongs  done  in  the  past  and  that  are  being  done  them, 
at  the  present  hour.  We  rejoice  that  the  interest  in  Foreign  Mis- 
sions is  alive  as  never  before  in  our  congregations  and  we  would 
honor  God  that  he  is  making  glad  the  hearts  of  our  workers,  and  our 
hearts,  and  Christ's  heart,  in  Syria,  in  Asia  Minor,  in  Cyprus  and 
in    China.  We    rejoice    that    the    reasons     that    served    us    in    the 

past,  to  cause  the  maintenance  of  a  testimony  as  to  Christ's  claims 
on  the  Nation,  the  evils  of  the  lodge,  and  the  purity  of  worship  in 
God's  house,  are  valid  still.  We  are  glad  the  church  shows  no  sign 
of  lack  of  interest  in  these  things,  or  any  disposition  to  surrender  them. 

3.  We  rejoice  that  the  aggressive  attacks  of  those  opposed  to 
nearly  all  the  features  that  are  Christian  in  our  government  have 
at  last  drawn  the  attention,  awakened  the  interest  of  good  men  to 
the  danger.  These  without  regard  to  church  ties,  or  relationship 
of  parties,  are  showing  their  hands. 

It    looks    as    if    good    people    will    now    get    together.        They    who 
have  done  duty  will  have  company.       With  all  that  is  bad  we  still  can  ■ 
be  optimistic.       It  is  true  now  as  in  the  olden  time,  that  they  who  are 
with   the    Elishas    are    more    than    they   that    are    against    them.        The 
golden   age    lies    forward. 

Synod  appoints  last  Thursday  of  November  as  the  annual  day 
for  worship   in   Thanksgiving. 

CAUSES    OF   FASTING. 

1.  We  make  confession  that  as  individuals  with  opportunities 
greater  than  at  any  former  time  or  place,  we  do  not  have,  have  not 
had,  the  outcome  demanded,  for  the  truth  we  have  had  in  our  minds, 
the  money  we  have  had  in  our  hands  or  the  time  we  have  had  at  our 
disposal.       We  are  sorry  we   have  failed   in  so  many   things. 

2.  We  regret  that  as  members  of  a  church  that  ought  to  be 
closely  in  relationship  for  all  high  things,  that  often  our  minds  are 
on  the  less  important  rather  than  on  the  more  important.  The  theory 
of  a  brother  at  times  will  give  rise  to  more  feeling,  awaken  more  con- 


108  MIXUTES   OF   THE   SYXOD  OF  THE 


eern,    and    bring    out    more    discussion    than    tlie    plots    of    Romanists    or 
the   deliverances   of  Christian   Scientists. 

The  dangers  that  threaten  National  and  Ecclesiastical  life,  are 
the  things  to  claim  attention.  The  men  at  Bothwell  ought  to  have 
Vjeen   thinking   of   the   men   on   the    other   side   of   the   stream. 

3.  We  mourn  that  society  is  so  deplorably  given  up  to  things  that 
do  not  profit,  to  amusements  that  are  sinful,  to  a  worldliness  that 
destroys   al)   spirituality. 

Parties  that  rose  to  power  through  great  principles,  led  by  men 
of  world-wide  fame,  are  in  these  days  in  alliance  with  the  adherents 
of  Romanism  and  Mormonism  and  the  Liquor  Traffic.  One  of  the 
worst  of  the  Signs  of  the  Times  is  the  apathy  of  this  church  and  of 
all  the  churches  as  to  the  gains  of  the  church  of  Rome  in  this  land. 

We  would  recognize  God's  hand  in  the  way  of  judgments  in  our 
own  land,  in  fires  and  floods,  and  in  a-  drought,  that  reached  from 
Maine  to  Nevada,  and  his  hand  on  the  world,  in  an  earthquake  so 
terrible  that  men  have  not  known  any  such  before.  The  pity  of  it  is, 
that  God's  hand  is  not  felt  as  having  anything  to  do  with  any 
one  of  all  these  things.       "Will  I  not  visit  for  these  things." 

We  mourn  that  the  hearts  of  those  who  love  home  and  country 
are  not  in  more  concern,  that  faces  turn  not  to  Him,  who  can  turn 
the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men  to  himself  as  he  turns  the  rivers 
of  waters,  that  we  do  not  plead  as  we  should  for  the  reign  of  Him 
who  is  promised  as  one  that  will  "judge  the  poor  of  the  people,  who 
will  save  the  children  of  the  needy  and  will  break  in  pieces  the  op- 
pressor." 

Synod  appoints  Thursday  of  the  week  of  Prayer  as  a  day  to  be 
observed  for  fasting  and  prayer. 

W.    P.    JOHNSTON, 

JOHN    FENTON    CARLISLE, 

ROBERT   C.    REED, 

D.    P.    WHITE, 

F.    W.    CAMPBELL. 

S\nod  took  recess  until  7  P.  M.  Praver  bv  J.  W.  F.  Car- 
lisle. 


EVENING  SESSION. 

Synod  reconvened  at  the  appointed  hour,  and  was  led  in  pray- 
er by  David  Love.       The  calling  of  the  roll  was  dispensed  with. 

The  minutes  of  the  afternoon  session  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

R.  M.  Sommerville  and  M.  G.  Euwer  were  excused  from 
further  attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  Synod. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  reported.  The 
report  was  received,  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows: 


REFORMED  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH.  109 


A  letter  from  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Scotland  has 
been  placed  in  our  hands.  A  reply  has  been  prepared,  which  we  rec- 
ommend be  signed  by  the  officials  of  the  Synod,  and  forwarded  to  the 
Synod  of  Scotland. 

W.  W.  CARITHERS. 
J.  A.  BLACK, 
CHARLES  DOUGALL. 

The  Committee  on  TJieological  Seminary  and  Education  re- 
ported. The  report  was  received  and  taken  up  item  by  item  for 
adoption. 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY. 

Items  I  and  2  were  adopted. 

Item  3  was  laid  on  the  table  until  next  meeting  of  Synod. 

Items  4  and  5  were  adopted. 

GENEVA  COLLEGE. 

Items  I,  2  and  3  adopted 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  .wdiole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT    OF    COMMITTEE    ON    THEOLOGICAL    SEMINARY   AND 

EDUCATION. 

The  Committee  on  the  Theological  Seminary  and  Education  would 
respectfully  report:  That,  there  was  referred  to  us  the  report  of  the 
Board  of  Superintendents  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  a  paper 
asking  for  the  establishment  in  the  Seminary  of  'a  Department  of 
Civil  Government  in  its  relation  to  the  Kingdom  of  Christ,  and  the 
appointment  of  Dr.  R.  C.  Wylie  to  give  instruction  therein. 

Respecting  Geneva  College  there  was  referred  to  us  the  Report 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  Report  of  the  Board  of  Corporators. 

From  the  Report  of  the  Board  of  Superintendents  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  we  learn  that  there  were  fourteen  students  in  attend- 
ance the  past  session;  that  the  continued  and  serious  illness  of  Prof. 
D.  B.  Wilson  prevented  him  fi'om  being  present  any  part  of  the  ses- 
sion, and  that  Prof.  R.  C.  Wylie  had  full  charge  of  the  studies  in 
Prof.  Wilson's  department. 

Respecting  the   Seminary   your  Committee   recommends: 

1.  That  Synod  has  heard  with  profound  sorrow  of  the  prolonged 
affliction  of  Prof.  Wilson,  and  heartily  extends  to  him  our  deepest 
sympathy  and  assurance  of  our  fervent  supplication  to  the  Father  of 
mercies  to  grant  him  renewed  health  and  strength  and  all  covenant 
blessings. 

2.  That  Synod  records  with  great  gratification  its  high  sense  and 
appreciation  of  the  hearty  consecration  and  self-denial  of  such  a 
godly  number  of  the  young  men  of  our  church,  who  have  devoted 
themselves  to  the  ministry  of  Christ  in  this  time  when  so  many  more 
lucrative  and  inviting  callings  are  open  to  them  in  other  professions 
and  in  the  business  world. 

3.  Your  Committee  while  favoring  the  establishment  of  a  Depart- 


110  MINUTES   OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 


nient  in  the  Seminai-y  of  Civil  Government  in  its  relation  to  the 
Kingdom  of  Christ,  feel  that  it  would  be  unwise  in  view  of  the  im- 
paired health  of  two  of  the  Professors,  to  impose  at  present  any  ad- 
ditional burdens  upon   the  Faculty. 

4.  That  Dr.  T.  P.  Stevenson  and  Elders  McElhinney  and  Sterrett 
be  elected  their  own  successors  on  the  Board. 

5.  That  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Superintendents  be  published 
in  the  Minutes  of  Synod. 

Respecting  the  College  we  recommend: 

1.  That  the  Reports  of  the  Trustees  and  Corporators  of  the  Col- 
lege be  published  in  the  Minutes  of  Synod. 

2.  That  2,000  copies  of  these  reports  be  printed  and  paid  for  out 
of  Literary  Fund  and  sent  to  each  congregation  for  general  circulation, 
at  the  rate  of  one  copy  for  each  five  members. 

3.  That  when  these  reports  are  given  out  to  the  families  in  each 
congregation  the  pastor,  or,  in  case  of  a  vacant  congregation,  the 
elders  or  deacons  urge  the  need  of  the  College  upon  the  attention  of 
the  people,  that  it  may  be  relieved  of  the  present  heavy  debt  which  is 
the  only  serious  hindrance  to  Its  full  prosperity  and  efficiency. 

A.  J.     McFARLAND, 
J.    B.    GILMORE, 

B.  M.    SHARP, 
WM.    T.    PARK, 
ALEX.    McBRIDE, 

Committee. 

REPORT    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    SUPERINTENDENTS    OF    THEO- 
LOGICAL SEMINARY. 

The  Board  of  Superintendents  of  the  Theological  Seminary  would 
respectfully   report: 

The  Board  met  in  Seminary  Hall  on  the  morning  of  April  27  and 
adjourned  on  the  afternoon  of  the  day  following.  The  members  were 
all  present  or  soon  appeared  with  the  exception  of  David  Boyd,  whom 
the  infirmities  of  advanced  years  prevented  attending  and  Dr.  Som- 
merville,  who  was  necessarily  detained  at  home. 

Professor  Wilson,  owing  to  continued  weakness,  was  unable  to 
be  present  during  any  part  of  the  session.  The  deepest  sympathy 
with  him  in  his  affliction  was  felt  and  expressed.  Professor  Wylie, 
who  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  professorship  at  the  beginning  of 
the  session  had  full  charge  of  the  studies  in  Professor  Wilson's  de- 
partment. 

The  names  and  grades  of  the  students  are  as  follows: 

Third  year — AVilliam  Arthur  Aikin,  Paul  Coleman,  Josiah  Dodds 
Edgar,  David  Bruce  Elsey,  Frank  Dean  Frazer,  Walter  Clyde  McClurk- 
in,  Elmer  Russell,  and  Owen  Foster  Thompson. 

Second  year — Howard  Gforge  McConaughy,  and  Robert  Park. 

First  year —  Frank  Emmet  Allen,  Thomas  Copeland  McKnight, 
Matthew  Steele   McMillan  and  John  Milton  Rutherford. 

The  attendance  of  the  students  upon  recitations  was  most  praiso- 
v.'orthy.  There  were  no  interruptions  on  account  of  sickness.  Six 
students  have  an  unbroken  record  for  the  year.  Two  of  the  gradu- 
ating class  did  not  miss  a  single   recitation   during  their  entire   course 


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in  the  Seminary  and  two  others  were  absent  only  a  single  day.  Di- 
plomas were  given  to  the  students  of  the  third  year  and  certificates  to 
their  respective  Presbyteries  to  the  others. 

Professor  George  M.  Sleethe  conducted  the  department  of  elo- 
cution as  heretofore. 

The  terms  to  which  Dr.  Stevenson,  Messrs.  McElhinney  and  Ster- 
rett  were  elected  have  expired.       Their  successors   should  be  chosen. 

The  Professors,  in  closing  their  joint  report,  add:  "We  entered 
upon  the  year  with  deep  concern  because  of  the  new  duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities before  us  and  we  come  to  the  closing  exercises  with  a 
profound  sense  of  the  goodness  and  faithfulness  of  our  covenant  God." 

We  ask  for  the  Seminary  fund,  $4,000. 

T.     P.     STEVENSON,     Chairman, 
J    W.    SPROULL,    Secretary. 

REPORT    OF   BOARD    OF   CORPORATORS    OF    GENEVA    COLLEGE. 

The  Board  of  Corporators  of  Geneva  College  begs  leave  to  report: 
That  the  year  drawing  to  a  close  has  been  one  of  prosperity;  careful 
oversight  on  the  part  of  the  Board  of  Trustees;  faithful  and  efficient 
work  by  the  faculty,  diligent  study,  and  good  behaviour  on  the  part 
of  the  students. 

For  an  extended  account  of  the  work,  and  condition  of  the  Col- 
lege, we  refer  Synod,  and  friends  of  College  to  the  report  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  which  will  be  presented  by  its  secretary,  the  Rev.  R.  H. 
Martin. 

The  Board  of  Corporators  endorses  the  request  made  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  that  Synod  specify  $3,000,  as  the  amount  to  be 
named  for  the  annual  collection. 

We  also  request  pastors  and  elders  to  use  diligence  in  securing 
from  their  people  the  full  amount  asked  for. 

The  Church  will  kindly  bear  in  mind  that  the  constantly  growing 
demand  on  the  College  will  have  to  be  met  on  the  part  of  the  friends 
of  the  institution  with  increased  liberality. 

We  most  earnestly  commend  our  President,  Rev.  W.  H.  George,  and 
those  assisting  him  to  the  sympathy,  and  co-operation  of  the  members 
of  the  Church,  and  to  all  others  who  are  interested  in  Christian  Edu- 
cation. We  also  commend  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  its  effort,  to  adapt 
the  curriculum  of  the  College,  to  the  needs  of  our  day.  We  ask 
parents  and  the  young  people  of  the  Church  to  notice  carefully  the  edu- 
cational advantages  offered  in  our  College;  and  we  solicit  for  our 
Church  College  the  patronage  which  she  so  richly  deserves. 

The  Board  of  Corporators  is  saddened  by  the  absence  of  our 
former  secretary,  the  Rev.  Prof.  R.  J.  George,  D.  D.,  who,  during  all 
the  years  of  the  College's  existence  at  Beaver  Falls,  has  taken  such 
a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  College,  and  who  now  feels  it 
necessary  to  remit  this   part  of  his  labor  for  the  Church. 

Your  Board  has  taken  the  following  action,  in  acquiescing  in  his 
desire  to  be  relieved  of  this  part  of  his  public  work. 

This  Board  desires  to  place  on  record  a  memorial  of  the  service 
ot  the  Rev.  Dr.  R.  J.  George  to  Geneva  College.  He  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  invitation  which  brought  the  College  to  its  present  loca- 
tion, and  in  company  with  Dr.  A.  M.  Milligan  secured  subscriptions 
for  the  money  paid  for  the  College  building.       He  has  served  continu- 


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ously  on  the  College  Board  since  1880,  and  has  been  its  faithful  sec- 
retary. We  regret  profoundly  his  absence  from  our  meeting,  and 
the  impaired  strength  which  has  impelled  him  to  resign  from  the 
Board,  and  us  to  accept  of  his  resignation,  and  we  sincerely  trust  that 
he  may  be  spared  for  many  years  of  usefulness  in  the  church. 

T.    P.    STEVENSON,    President. 

W.    J.   COLEMAN,   Secretary. 

REPORT   OF  BOARD   OF  TRUSTEES   OF  CENEVA   COLLEGE 

To    the    Board    of    Corporators    of    Geneva    College    the    Board    of    Trus- 
tees   of    Geneva    College    Respect^ul!y    -eports: 

Under  the  favor  and  blessing  of  God  the  College  year  .'^oon  to 
close,  has  been  a  most  successful  one.      The  attendance  is  a-?  follows: 

Literary  students  165,  students  in  music  104,  in  oratorj-  3S,  in  art 
31.  The  total  number  of  students  exclusive  of  duplications  292,  an 
increase  of  57  over  last  year.  The  increase  is  :n  the  Musical  and 
Literary  departments.  The  increase  in  the  i'  iterary  department  has 
been  due  mainly  to  the  number  of  students  A'ho  have  come  in  for 
the  Spring  term,  who  are  taking  largely,  though  not  exclusively,  Nor- 
mal work. 

The  spirit  of  the  school  has  been  excellent.  It  has  been  a  year  of 
peace  and  good  will,  of  order  and  respect  for  authority.  The  stu- 
dents are  loyal  to  the  College.  On  every  hand  their  has  been  shown 
a  desire  to  uphold  the  honor  of  the  institution.  There  have  been  no 
cases  of  dicipline  deserving  of  the  name. 

The  class  room  work  of  the  student-body  has  been  good.  The 
literary  work  is  an  improvement  over  that  of  last  year.  In  the  annual 
debate  with  a  sister  College,  Geneva's  representative  again  came  off  vic- 
torious. In  the  Inter-Collegiate  Oratorical  Contest  her  standing  was 
iiot   high. 

The  health  of  the  students  has  been  exceptionally  good.  We  are 
thankful  to  have  no  .«ad  providences,  such  as  those  of  the  past  year, 
to  record. 

The  Faculty  proper,  composed  of  those  teaching  in  the  Literary 
department,  now  numbers  ten.  The  entire  corps  of  teachers,  including 
those  of  the  departments  of  Music,  Oratory,  Art,  and  Physical  Culture, 
numbers  18.  The  work  of  the  Faculty  as  a  whole  has  been  excellent. 
A  number  of  its  members  are  deserving  of  special  commendation  for 
the  marked  interest  they  have  taken  in  the  school  as  a  whole,  and 
the  work  they  have  done  to  promote  its  welfare  outside  their  own 
departments.  The  new  members  of  the  faculty  have  done  good  work, 
part  of  them  have  more  than  met  our  expectations.  They  will  all  be 
with  us  the  coming  year  except  one. 

The  departments  of  Music,  Oratory,  and  Art,  have  been  brought 
into  closer  relation  to  the  College.  The  heads  of  the  departments  are 
elected  by  the  Board.  Their  assistants  are  chosen  by  the  heads  of  the 
departments,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board. 

The  musical  department  has  had  a  very  successful  year.  Two 
new  members  have  been  added  to  the  faculty  of  Music:  Miss  Jean 
Scott,  assistant  in  Voice  and  Piano,  and  Miss  Lois  Roth  instructor  in 
Violin. 

A  College  Orchestra  was  organized  the  first  of  the  year.  A  Col- 
lege  Chorus  of  about   40  members   has   met   weekly   .=ince   the   holidays. 


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The  Board  is  considering  the  introduction  of  Oratory  into  the  regular 
College  course.  For  the  first  time  there  will  be  graduates  this  year 
from  the  department  of  Art. 

The  Library  under  the  efficient  management  of  Miss  Birdella 
W^alker,  is  becoming  a  more  influential  factor  in  the  life  of  the  Col- 
lege. One  hundred  and  fifty  new  books  have  been  added  to  it  this 
year.  There  has  been  a  steadily  increasing  use  of  it  by  the  students 
for  the  past  two  years.  Throughout  the  greater  part  of  the  year 
gymnastic  classes  for  young  men  and  young  ladies,  have  been  con- 
ducted regularly  in  the  gymnasium  by  the  Physical  Director.  Geneva 
still  maintains  her  reputation  for  sane,  and  clean  athletics. 

The  religious  welfare  of  the  student  has  been  carefully  looked  af- 
ter. Chapel  exercises  are  held  each  morning  which  the  students  are 
reciuired  to  attend.  Evening  worship  is  conducted  in  the  ladies'  dormi- 
tory. The  ministerial  members  of  the  Faculty  take  their  turn  in 
preaching  monthly  in  the  college  chapel.  A  record  is  reported  of  the 
attendance  of  students  upon  preaching  services  on  the  Sabbath.  The 
student  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Y  W.  C.  A.  are  both  in  excellent  condi- 
tion. The  Sabbath  afternoon  Bible  study  of  the  former  is  conducted 
by  Dr.  Kennedy,  of  the  latter  by  Miss  Birdella  Walker.  President 
George  has  a  students'  Sabbath  school  class  each  Sabbath  morning, 
with  a  good  attendance  and  interest.  A  Mission  study  class  meets  on 
Monday   evenings. 

The  new  Curriculum  went  into  operation  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year.  It  has  met  with  favor  by  the  student  body  and  has  been  com- 
mended by  educators.  The  later  opening  and  closing  of  the  College 
year  has  proven  advantageous.  The  second  term's  work  is  now  un- 
broken, whereas,  according  to  the  former  date  of  opening,  it  was 
interrupted  by  the  holiday  vacation.  It  has  also  made  possible  the 
attendance  of  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  country  districts  for 
the  Spring  term.  Thirty-two  of  these  teachers  are  now  in  attend- 
ance. 

The  College  has  taken  over  the  Summer  Normal  School,  which 
has  been  conducted  in  the  College  for  several  summers  past,  under  the 
management  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Schools,  and  will  con- 
duct it.  as  the  Summer  session  of  the  College.  President  George  is 
in  charge.  An  efficient  corps  of  experienced  teachers  have  been  em- 
ployed. While  its  chief  function  for  a  time  will  necessarily  be  to 
give  instructions  in  normal  branches,  whatever  college  work  is  desired 
will  be  given. 

The  pushing  forward  of  the  College  year,  the  taking  over  of  the 
Summer  School,  the  introduction  of  the  department  of  education,  are 
all  included  in  the  effort  of  the  management  to  connect  the  College 
more  closely  with  the  community,  and  to  make  it  measure  up  to  the 
educational  demands  of  the  times.  A  determined  effort  has  been 
made  this  year  to  bring  the  college  more  prominently  before  the  public, 
and  make  it  serve  the  community  in  which  it  is  located. 

President  George's  dictum  is  "The  College  must  give  if  it  is  to 
receive."  In  addition  to  his  class  room  and  administrative  work,  he 
has  improved  every  opportunity  to  bring  the  College  before  the  public, 
and  make  it  serve  the  public,  by  preaching  at  State  College  and  other 
places,  by  making  addresses  before  young  peoples'  gatherings,  and  at 
High   School   commencements. 

The  President  and  Faculty  provided  for  an  address  on  Washing- 
ton's   Birthday,    by    Dr.    Sparks    of    State    College    on    "Washington    the 


114  MINUTES   OF  THE   SYNOD  OF  THE 


Citizen."  '  An  audience  of  about  500  persons — students,  teachers,  edu- 
cators, and  prominent  citizens  of  the  valley — were  present.  This  ad- 
dress, with  the  reception  that  followed  it,  brought  the  College  most 
favorably  before  the  community.  If  the  College  funds  permitted  it, 
three  or  four  addresses  by  leading  educators  of  the  country  would  be 
arranged  for  each  year. 

President  George  is  deserving  of  high  commendation  for  the  work 
of  the  year.  In  season  and  out  of  season,  he  has  labored  untiringly 
for  the  welfare  of  the  College.  He  excells  as  a  teacher.  He  has 
gained  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  students,  and  throughout  tn^ 
year  has  had  no  difficulty  in  government.  His  administrative  work 
has  been  unusually  heavy  this  year.  In  his  public  work  he  has  ren- 
dered good  service  to  the  College. 

There  have  been  recently  received  from  the  estate  of  William  Fer- 
guson, of  the  2nd  Philadelphia  R.  P.  congregation,  through  the  gener- 
osity of  his  Executor,  John  A.  Richmond,  ten  engravings,  beautifully 
framed,  of  famous  scenes  in  Covenantor  History.  These  have  been 
placed  in  prominent  places  on  the  walls  of  the  College  building.  The 
College  appreciates  the  gift. 

The  only  thing  we  have  to  report,  that  is  in  any  way  discouraging, 
i£  the  condition  of  the  finances.  The  deficit  in  the  College  fund  Moy 
1st,  1909,  was  $9,622.17.  This  is  $2,900  more  than  it  was  one  year 
ago.  The  receipts  of  the  year  are  about  the  same  as  those  of  last 
year.  The  expenses  have  been  greater.  This  incrase  in  expenses  is 
due  to  an  increase  in  the  number  of  salaried  teachers,  and  to  the 
money  expended  in  providing  ijroper  equipment  for  the  different  depart- 
ments and  in  making  necessary  repairs  and  improvements  on  thi? 
College  buildings.  We  do  not  believe  it  possible  to  lower  the  ex- 
penses. The  educational  standard  of  the  College  must  be  kept  up, 
and  the  College  buildings  and  surroundings  kept  in  such  condition  as 
will  commend  the  College  to  its  patrons.  The  receipts  must  be  in- 
creased from  $3,000  to  $5,000  per  year  above  what  they  now  are. 
With  the  co-operation  of  all  interested  this  can  readily  be  done.  The 
following  are  the  ways  in  which  the  board  and  College  management 
are  endeavoring  to  bring  up  the   receipts: 

1.  With  a  view  to  securing  the  $15,000  promised  by  Mr.  Carnegie, 
letters  were  written  to  those  who  have  given  Endowment  notes,  ask- 
ing them  to  pay  off  these  notes  as  soon  as  possible  that  we  may  meet 
the  conditions  of  securing  the  Carnegie  money.  In  response  to  these 
letters  about  $3,000  have  been  received,  and  as  much  more  promised 
by  fall.  Further  efforts  are  being  made  along  the  same  line,  and  we 
have  prospects  of  securing  the  entire  $200,000  Endowment  fund  be- 
fore another  year. 

2.  The  tuition,  which  has  been  considerably  lower  in  Geneva  than 
in   surrounding  Colleges,   has   been   raised   five   dollars   per  term. 

3.  The  number  of  literary  students  could  be  increased  50  per- 
cent with  scarcely  any  increase  of  expense  for  their  instruction.  An 
aggressive  campaign  for  students  throughout  the  church  and  in  the 
local   community  should  be  undertaken. 

4.  The  annual  collection  the  church  takes  should  be  made  an  of- 
fering. Twenty-eight  hundred  dollars  were  asked  for  last  year.  Only 
$1,053  were  contributed.     We  ask  this  year  for  an  appropriation  of  $3,000. 

5.  The  Board  is  convinced  that  a  canvas  should  be  made  for 
fuds.  President  George  has  been  authorized  to  spend  as  much  time 
as    possible    this    Summer    in    canvassing    the    church.        A    committee 


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has   been   appointed   to   take   whatever   further   steps   are   necessary    to 
secure    an    effective    canvass. 

We  ask  for  the  hearty  support  of  the  College  by  the  entire  church 
in  sending  to  it  her  sons  and  daughters,  and  in  contributing  liberally 
of  her  means  for  its  support.  It  is  the  only  College  of  the  church. 
There  is  no  other  College  where  the  youth  of  the  church  can  receive 
their  college  training  in  a  Covenanter  atmosphere,  and  in  the  as- 
sociation fo  young  people  of  our  church.  The  College  has  done 
and  is  doing  for  the  church  more  than  the  church  realizes.  We 
ask  that  parents  make  sacrifices,  if  need  be,  to  send  their  sons 
and  daughters  to  our  own  church  College,  and  that  those  of  the 
church  whom  God  has  entrusted  with  liberal  means  give  of  their 
means    to    its    support. 

President  W.  H.  George  and  Dr.  R.  C.  Wylie,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  have  been  appointed  to  represent  the  College  be- 
fore Synod. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.    C.    WYLIE,    President. 
R.    H.    MARTIN,    Secretary, 

The  Committee  on  Discipline  reported.  The  report  was  re- 
ceived, and  taken  up  item  by  item  for  adoption. 

Item  I  was  adopted. 

Item  2  was  laid  on  the  table  tintil  next  meeting"  of  Synod. 

Item  3  was  laid  on  the  table  until  next  meeting  of  Synod,  to 
be  the  special  order  of  the  day  for  Sattyday  morning. 

Item  4  was  laid  on  the  table  to  entertain  a  substitute. 

Moved  as  a  substitute  that  the  Kansas  Presbytery  be  directed 
to  proceed  with  the  ordination  of  Mr.  J.  D.  Edgar  when  the  For- 
eign Mission  Board  shall  recommend  it.  The  substitute  was 
adopted. 

The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT   OF   COMMITTEE   ON    DISCIPLINE. 

The  committee  on  discipline  would  respectfully  report,  that  six 
papers  have  been  referred  to  us. 

1.  The  memorial  from  Rochester  Presbytery  requests  an  inter- 
pretation of  the  resolution  adopted  at  the  last  meeting  of  Synod,  con- 
crning  the  licensing  of  students  of  theology  at  the  close  of  the  first 
term  of  the  seminary  course. 

We  recommend  the  following  answer:  If  the  student  "at  the 
close  of  the  first  term  in  the  seminary  has  been  examined,  and  has 
given  satisfactorily  all  the  trial  pieces  required  by  the  law  of  the 
church,  his  licensure  is  valid  and  need  not  be  repeated,  if  he  has  given 
these  trial  pieces  only  in  part,  and  his  examination  has  not  been  com- 
pleted at  the  time  of  the  first  licensure,  he  ought  to  be  licensed  again 
when  all  these  exercises   have   been   given   and  sustained. 

2.  The  paper  signed  by  T.  H.  Acheson  and  others,  asks  two  ques- 
tions: 


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First — Is  it  right  for  the  Believer  to  marry  the  unbeliever? 

Second— Is  it  right  for  the  Christian  minister  to  perform  the  mar- 
riage ceremony  for  two  persons  one  of  whom  is  a  believer  and  the 
other  not  a  believer. 

We  recommend   the   following  answer: 

It  is  wrong  for  the  believer  to  marry  the  avowed  unbeliever.  "Be 
ye  not  unequally  yoked  together  with  unbelievers." 

The  Christian  Minister  would  be  a  partaker  of  their  sin  in  aiding 
them   to  form   such   a  sinful   compact. 

There  may  be  occasions  when  one  of  the  contracting  parties  is 
not  a  professed  Christian,  yet  not  an  avowed  enemy  of  Christ.  In  such 
cases  if  the  party  is  of  good  moral  character,  is  in  sympathy  with  the 
Christian  religion,  attends,  and  supports  the  preaching  of  the  word,  it 
m.ight  be  admissable  for  the  believer  to  marry  such,  and  for  the  Chris- 
tian Minister  to  perform  the  ceremony.  Great  caution  and  good  judg- 
ment need  to  be  exercised  in  such  cases.  It  is  most  desirable,  how- 
ever, for  the  welfare  of  the  home,  that  both  the  contracting  parties 
be  professed  and  true  believers  in  Christ. 

3.  The  fourth  and  fifth  papers  are  a  memorial  from  Pittsburg 
Presbytery,  and  a  resolution  offered  at  this  Synod,  on  the  question  of 
ministers  of  other  denominations  preaching  in  our  pulpits. 

Your  committee  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  Synod  of  1877, 
concerning  this  question  be  re-affirmed,  and  that  the  attention  of 
pastors   and   sessions   be   called   to   that   action. 

4.  The  sixth  paper  is  a  request  from  the  Kansas  Presbytery  for 
Synod  to  direct  that  J.  D.  Edgar  be  ordained  to  the  ministry. 

We  recommend  that  the  Kansas  Presbytery  be  directed  to  pro- 
ceed with  the  ordination  of  Mr.  J.  D.  Edgar  when  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Board  shall  recommend  it. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.    HARGRAVE, 
JOHN     C.     SLATER, 
D.  S.  FARTS, 
T.    G.    GRAHAM, 
J.    W.    CAVAN. 


J.  C.  Slater,  J.  G.  McElhinney  and  Louis  Meyer  were  ex- 
cused from  attendance  on  the  further  sessions  of  the  Court. 

The  committee  appointed  to  reply  to  the  reasons  of  Dissent 
of  J.  C.  McFeeters  and  others  presented  their  report. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  National  Reform  was  taken 
from  the  table. 

The  condensed  report  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Na- 
tional Reform  Association  was  read  by  the  Correspondins^  Sec- 
retary of  the  Association. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  National  Reform  was  adopt- 
ed as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows: 


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REPORT    OF    THE    COMMITTEE    ON    NATIONAL    REP'ORM. 

The  Committee  on  National  Reform  would  respectfully  report: 
The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  has  always  stood  for  the  sover- 
eignty of  God  in  every  realm,  for  the  mediatorial  headship  of  Jesus 
Christ  over  the  nations,  and  for  the  Word  of  God  as  the  supreme 
test  of  right  in  civil  things.  In  1863  the  first  steps  were  taken  for 
the         organization         of  the         National         Reform         Association 

In  formulating  its  first  constitution  all  these  principles  found  expres- 
sion in  it.  Soon  after  the  association  received  the  hearty  endorse- 
ment of  this  Church.  Members  of  this  court  were  nominated  and  tendered 
to  the  association  as  lecturers  to  advocate  these  principles,  and  money 
has  been  annually  appropriated   for  this  cause. 

While  the  association  has  in  some  measure  liroadened  its  scope 
so  as  to  advocate  certain  related  reforms,  such  as  the  advocacy  of 
better  Sabbath  laws,  better  laws  relating  to  the  marriage  relation,  and 
laws  prohibiting  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  it 
has  never  lost  sight  of  its  original  purpose — the  Christian  amendment 
of  the  constitution  of  the  United  Staes.  This  fact  is  clearly  set  forth 
in  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Association,  which 
has  been   put   into   our   hands. 

This  report  also  shows  that  the  Association  has  prosecuted  its 
work  during  the  past  year  in  the  way  of  holding  conventions,  and 
institutes  in  various  places  for  the  discussion  of  the  principles  of 
Christian  civil  government,  and  the  advocacy  of  the  various  related 
measures  of  reform.  It  is  also  on  the  watch  tower  ready  to  meet 
and  resists  the  assaults  of  the  enemies  of  a  Christian  State,  and  has 
found  itself  called  on  to  blow  the  trumpet,  and  warn  the  Christian 
people  of  the  land  against  the  recent  assaults  of  enemies  of  our  Lord- 
specially  the  Reformed  Jews.  The  descendants  df  those  who  nineteen 
hundred  years  ago  cried  out  "Away  with  Him,  away  with  Him,"  are 
now  crying  out  "Away  with  all  that  is  Christian  in  civil  government." 
This  assault  on  the  Christian  institutions  of  the  country  affords  a  fa- 
vorable opportunity  for  presenting  this  cause  to  the  American  people. 
The  fact  that  they  appeal  to  the  written  constitution  of  the  nation 
compels  the  discussion  of  the  religious  defect  of  that  instrument. 
Therefore 

Resolved  1.  That  we  urge  our  people,  and  all  the  friends  of 
Christian  civil  government,  to  hold  meetings  wherever  possible  for  the 
discussion  of  these  issues,  and  to  procure  and  circulate  the  leaflets 
of   the   association   in   which   these   issues   are   carefully   discussed. 

Whereas,  there  are  those  in  the  Church  who  are  criticising  the 
recently  granted  charter  of  the  National  Reform  Association,  holding 
that  the  omission  from  it  of  the  terms  of  the  Christian  amendment  is 
a  virtual  abandonment  of  the  original  purpose  of  the  organization,  and 

Whereas,  evidence  is  found  in  the  report  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee that  the  original  constitution,  in  which  this  amendment  is  ex- 
pressed in  all  its  terms,  was  adopted  at  the  first  meeting  under  the 
charter,  and 

Whereas,  the  Executive  Committee  explicitly  declares  in  its  re- 
port to  Synod  that  "there  never  was,  and  is  not  now  in  the  National 
Reform  Association  any  diminution  of  interest  in  the  fundamental 
principle  of  the  authority  of  Christ,  as  Ruler  of  nations;  there  has  been 
no  diminution  of  interest  or  conviction  as  to  the  necessity  for  a 
Christian   amendment  to   the   Constitution   of  the   United   States;    there 


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never    has    been    any    intention    of    departing   from    this    design,    and    no 
departure   has  been   made,   "therefore 

Resolved  1.  That  full  faith  and  credit  be  given  to  this  declara- 
tion, and  that  we  bespeak  for  this  Association  the  earnest  prayers, 
and  hearty  co-operation  of  the  Church. 

2.  That  while  Synod  holds  that  the  general  statement  of  the 
purpose  of  the  corporation  contained  in  the  Charter  includes  the  more 
specific  statement  contained  in  the  constitution,  yet  to  remove  all 
grounds  for  criticism,  and  to  unify  the  Church  in  the  support  of  this 
cause,  the  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  be  urged  to  secure,  if 
possible,  an  amendment  of  the  charter  that  shall  read,  "The  object 
of  this  association  shall  be  to  maintain  and  promote  the  influence  of  the 
Christian  principles  of  civil  government  in  our  national  life." 

Respectfully  submitted, 

C.  D.    TRUMBULL, 
M.    M.     PIERCE, 

D.  H.    ELLIOTT, 
M.  G.  EUWER, 
D.   LOVE. 

]\I.  G.  Emver  dissenterl  from  tlie  la.st  resolution. 

REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF  THE  NATIONAL 
REFORM  ASSOCIATION. 

To  the  Synod  of  the   Reformed   Presbyterian  Church: 

By  the  express  request  of  this  Synod  the  National  Reform  Associa- 
tion presents  each  year  a  report  of  its  work;  and  by  a  standing  rule  of 
the  Association  the  members  of  its  Board  of  Directors  who  are  also 
members  of  this  church,  are  a  standing  committee  to  prepare  this  report 
and  to  sustain  this  cause  before  you.  Thes&  members  have  met  to- 
gether and  have  adopted  the  following  report: 

The  work  of  this  Association  for  the  past  year  can  be  stated  in 
a  few  sentences: 

1.  Several  meetings  and  conventions  have  been  held  with  good 
results..  The  Winona  Institute  and  Conference  extended  over  a  period 
of  ten  days.  All  these  meetings  were  marked  by  faithful  and  earnest 
advocacy  of  the  principles  and  measures  which  the  A.=sociation  is  ap- 
pointed to  maintain. 

2.  The  literature  printed  and  sent  out,  including  your  new  docu- 
ments,  made  up  a  total   of  1,580,000   pages. 

3.  The  Associafion.  after  long  and  careful  negotiations,  secured 
the  services  of  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Martin  of  this  church,  as  General  Super- 
intendent of  its  work.  His  zeal  and  eflRciency  and  his  devotion  to  the 
cause  are  known  to  you  all.  It  is  at  much  sacrifice  of  personal 
and  domestic  comfort  that  he  has  consented  to  undertake  this  work. 
and  he  deserves  the  prayers  and  the  faithful  co-operation  of  all  his 
brethren. 

4.  The  proposed  World's  Conference  was  postponed  till  Septem- 
ber,  1910.  __ 

5.  One  event  of  great  interest  during  the  year  was  the  assault 
made  by  the  Reformed  Jews  on  Christian  institutions  of  the  country. 
Two  representative  Jewish  bodies  joined  in  declarations  maintaining 
that,  from  a  constitutional  point  of  view,  this  is  not  a  Christian  na- 
tion; that  legal  decisions  to  the  effect  that  have  been  given  by  our 
judges  "under  the  influence  of  their  early  religious  training  and  prevail- 


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ing  public  opinion";  that  the  Bible  ought  not  to  be  read  in  the  public 
schools,  and  that  our  Sabbath  Laws  ought  to  be  repealed  or  modified 
in  the  interest  of  universal  liberty.  This  assault  furnishes  the  finest 
opportunity  we  could  wish  to  present  the  whole  National  Reform 
cause  before  the  nation.  The  National  Reform  Association  preparea  a 
new  leaflet  discussing  the  issues  raised,  including  the  fact  that  the 
appeal  of  the  Jews  is  made  to  the  written  constitution  of  the  nation, 
and  that  this  instrument  contains  no  evidence  of  Christian  character 
or  purpose,  and  affords  no  protection  to  the  Christian  institutions  of 
the  country.  We  appeal  earnestly  for  meetings  everywhere  to  dis- 
cuss these  issues. 

We  desire  to  bear  our  cordial  testimony  to  the  fidelity  of  the  Na- 
tional Reform  Association  to  the  principles  on  which  it  was  originally 
founded  and  to  the  measures  which  it  was  established  to  advocate. 
There  never  was  and  is  not  now,  in  this  Association  any  diminution 
of  interest  in  the  fundamental  principle  of  the  authority  of  Christ  as 
Ruler  of  Nations;  there  has  been  no  diminution  of  interest  or  convic- 
tion as  to  the  necessity  for  a  Christian  amendment  to  the  constitution 
of  the  United  States;  there  never  has  been  any  intention  of  departing 
from  this  design  and  no  departure  has  been  made.  In  the  past  seven 
years  the  National  Reform  Association  has  published  more  than  forty 
new  documents,  and  more  than  eleven  millions  of  pages  in  all  of  docu- 
ments new  and  old.  In  these  documents  the  necessity  for  a  Christian 
amendment  to  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  has  been  constantly 
presented.  Very  early  in  the  history  of  this  movement  the  Associa- 
tion published  three  notable  documents  by  Drs.  Tdwards,  Mcllvaine 
and  Craven.  The  most  incisive  of  these,  that  by  Dr.  Craven  on  "The 
Religious  Defect  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,"  has  within 
two  years  been  republished  by  the  Association  and  placed  on  its  list 
of  permanent  documents.  Two  documents  bj'  Dr.  Wylie,  published 
about  the  same  time,  one  on  "The  Neglected  Half  of  the  Gospel"  and 
another  on  "The  Principles  of  National  Religion,."  and  still  another 
pamphlet  by  Dr.  J.  A.  Henderson  entitled  "Our  National  Christianity 
and  Fundamental  Law,"  have  borne  the  same  testimony.  We  aim  to 
give  the  Christian  amendment  a  place  on  every  program  and  in  every 
series  of  resolutions.  In  no  single  year  have  these  utterances  been 
more  explicit  or  more  frequent  than  in  the  year  just  passed.  In  the 
Winona  addresses  of  last  August  it  was  matter  for  delighted  comment 
how  emphatically  Drs.  Wishart  and  Parsons  and  Carson  drove  home  to 
the  judgment  and  consciences  of  their  hearers  the  necessity  for  a 
Christian  amendment  to  our  fundamental  law. 

So,  too,  as  to  the  foundation  principle,,  the  authority  of  Christ 
over  the  nations.  Through  all  the  early  history  of  this  Association 
we  do  not  recall  a  single  document  or  a  single  public  address  specifically 
devoted  to  this  subject.  Within  recent  years  we  have  published  three 
documents:  "Christ  the  Ruler  of  Nations"  and  "The  Relation  of  Na- 
tions to  Jesus  Christ,"  and  "Christ's  Government  of  the  Nations,"  dis- 
cussing expressly  this  great  theme.  Our  "Plea  for  Religion  in  the 
Nation,"  states  this  doctrine  with  emphasis  among  the  fundamental 
principles  on  which  the  jilea  is  based,  with  reference  to  the  documents 
In  which  it  is  more  fully  discussed.  We  have  even  carried  the  discus- 
sion into  new  fields  of  thought  as  in  the  leaflet  on  "What  Constitutes  a 
Christian  Nation,"  and  that  on  "The  Forgiveness  of  National   Sins." 

The  National  Reform  Association  values  highly  the  support  which 
this  Church  has  extended  to  it,  in  financial  and  in  other  ways,  through 
the  whole  history  of  the  movement.       Allow  us  to  suggest  that  it  is  the 


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duty  of  Covenanters  as  a  body  of  Christian  citizens  to  co-operate  with 
other  citizens  like  minded  in  bringing-  this  nation  to  acknowledge  the 
authority  of  Jesus  Christ.  We  are  not  only  church  members;  we  are 
also  citizens,  and  liave  the  responsibilities  of  citizens.  The  church 
may  guide  and  assist  her  members  in  the  discharge  of  their  civic  duties. 
This  we  do  in  reference  to  their  position  of  protest  and  dissent,  which 
is  an  act  of  the  citizen.  This  we  may  also  do  in  reference  to  their 
more  active  work  as  citizens  by  encouraging  and  aiding  their  co-oper- 
ation with  other  Christian  citizens  in  such  work  as  that  of  the  Na- 
tional Reform  Association. 

Moreover,  great  advantages  for  the  cause  can  be  gained  through 
such  an  organization.  It  is  much  to  have  had  the  endorsement,  the  in- 
troduction to  the  American  people,  and  the  active  help  of  such  men  as 
Charles  Hodge  and  Archibald  Alexander  Hodge,  his  son,  of  Drs.  Jona- 
than Edwards  and  J  H.  Mcllvaine  and  John  T.  Pressly  and  Joseph  T- 
Cooper  and  Robert  Audley  Browne  and  Bishops  Simpson  and  Mcllvaine. 
It  is  much  to  have  had  the  presidency  through  long  years  of  Justice 
Strong  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  and  Felix  R.  Brunot. 
We  cannot  (jver  estimate  the  self  sacrificing  labors  through  many  year.s 
of  Dr.  Sylvester  F.  Scovel,  the  President  now  of  the  Association. 

Finally,  we  recognize  with  deep  thankfulness  that  a  great  multi- 
tude of  the  members  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church  love  this 
cause.  They  would  gladly  lay  down  their  lives  for  it  if  they  were 
called  to  do  so.  They  count  what  we  have  been  able  to  do  for  it 
one  of  the  chief  glories  of  this  church.  The  church  which  has  given 
to  this  cause  the  services  of  such  men  as  James  M.  Willson  and  J.  R. 
W.  Sloane,  A.  M.  Milligan  and  David  McAllister,  will  never  go  back  on 
their  illustrious  example.  We  will  always  rejoice  to  clasp  the  hands 
of  true  hearted  men  of  sister  churches  in  a  united  effort  to  establish 
in  the  land  we  love  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 

We  request  for  this  cause  the  same  appropriation  as  last  year, 
eight  thousand  dollars.  We  have  appointed  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Martin  and 
Mr.  R.  M.  Downie  to  address  the  Synod  in  behalf  of  the  Association. 

R.   C.   WYLIE.  T.  P.  STEVENSON, 

H.   H.  GEORGE.  R.  M.  DOWNIE, 

D.  C.  MARTIN,  JOHN   A.   DODDS, 
J.  S.  TIBBY,  JAMES  S«;OTT, 

A.   B.   COPELAND,  J.    RENWICK    WYLIE, 

W.   A.   C.   BROWN,  MRS.    H.    H.    GEORGE, 

E.  A.    CROOKS,  M.   G.   EUWER, 
JAMES  S.  MARTIN,  JAMES   A.   McATEER, 
T.   H.   ACHESON,  F.    M.    WILSON. 

DISSENT    OF    J.    C.    McFEETERS    AND    OTHERS. 

We  respectfully  dissent  from  the  action  of  Synod  in  adopting 
the  supplementary  report  of  the  Committee  on  National  Reform,  be- 
cause, 

1.  We  regard  the  adoption  of  this  report  as  endorsing  the  state- 
ment of  the  purpose  of  the  National  Reform  Association  in  the  re- 
cently secured  Charter  in  which  there  is  no  proposal,  except  in  an  in- 
direct and  remote  manner,  to  secure  "such  an  amendment  to  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  as  will  declare  the  Nation's  obligation 
to  Jesus  Christ  and  its  acceptance  of  the  moral  laws  of  the  Christian 
religion,   and   because. 


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121 


2.  We  do  not  regard  the  recognition  of  this  object  in  the  Con- 
stitution as  it  is  now  subordinate  to  the  Charter  as  giving  to  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  the  honor  that  is  His  due,  or  to  the  Christian  Amend- 
ment the   prominence  to  which  it   is   entitled. 


J.  C.  McFEETERS, 
JOHN  W.  PRITCHARD, 
HENRY  WALLACE, 
S.  A.  S.  METHENY, 
J.   M.  JOHNSTON, 
S.  J.  JOHNSTON, 
D.    C.    MATTHEWS, 

w.  J.  Mcknight, 
R.  J.  G.  Mcknight, 

JAMES  T.  MITCHELL. 
H.   G.  PATTERSON, 
J.   S.    THOMPSON, 
M.   A.    GAULT, 
JOHN  C.  SLATER, 
JOHN  COLEMAN, 
W.  W.   CARITHERS, 
W.   J.    COLEMAN, 
D.    S.    PARIS, 


ISAIAH   PARIS, 

T.  M.  SLATER, 

J    G.  McILHINNEY, 

J.  M.  COLEMAN, 

J.  P.  CROZIER, 

JOHN   COPELAND, 

A.  W.   HUNTER, 

JAMES  A.   TEMPLETON, 

J.   RALSTON   WYLIE, 

G.  M.  ROBB, 

T.   H.   MARTIN, 

W.  G.  ROBB. 

T.   D.    RUSSELL, 

J.  W.  ROSE, 

A.   J.    McFARLAND, 

WM.   T.   PARK, 

W.  T.  K.  THOMPSON. 


ANSWER   TO   REASONS   OF   DISSENT. 

This  Synod  regards  the  statement  of  the  purposes  of  the  National 
Reform  Association  as  set  forth  in  its  application  for  a  charter  as 
fully  including,  as  it  was  certainly  intended  to  include,  all  necessary 
amendments  to  our  constitutions,  State  and  National.  A  charter, 
however,  is  not  the  place  for  the  statement  of  principles  in  detail.  The 
Constitution  of  the  Association,  moreover,  in  which  this  object  has 
hitherto  been  set  forth,  has  been  adopted  by  the  Association  under  the 
Charter,  and  since  there  is  nothing  in  the  Charter  which  forbids  or 
antagonizes  this  aim,  we  cannot  admit  that  the  Constitution  in  this 
matter  is  inferior  or  subordinate  to  the  Charter.  The  very  genius  of 
a  Charter,  as  a  legal  document  granted  by  the  court,  requires  that  it 
be  regarded  not  as  a  compelling,  but  as  an  enabling  or  empowering  act. 

T.    P.    STEVENSON, 
J.   S.   MARTIN, 

Committee. 


The  Board  of  Control  reported, 
and  i.s  as  follows : 


The  report  was  received 


REPORT  OP  SYNOD'S  BOARD  OF  CONTROL. 


The  Board  of  Control  held  three  meetings  during  the  year.  All 
business  committed  to  their  management  was  given  due  attention. 

Each  application  for  aid  was  carefully  considered,  and  appropria- 
tions made   in   accordance  with   the  best  judgment   of  the  Board. 

Eleven  students  of  theology,  five  aged  ministers,  thirteen  widows 
and    orphans   of   deceased   ministers   were   granted   aid. 


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The  terms  of  A.  F.  Reid  and  J.  S.  McGaw,  expire  this  year,  and 
their   successors  are   to  be   chosen. 

For  the  ensuing  year  we  ask  the  following  appropriations:  For  aged 
ministers  $1,500,  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  ministers  and  stu- 
dents  of  theology   $4,000. 

J.  S.  McGAW,   Secretary. 

The  Committee  on  Secret  Societies  presented  their  report 
which  had  been  amended  in  accordance  with  Synod's  instructions. 
The  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPOORT    ON    SECRET    SOCIETIES. 

If  ever  Satan  distinguished  himself  for  cunning  knavery,  it  wa& 
when  he  designed,  organized  and  systemized  the  secret  empire.  There 
are  a  multiplicity  of  lodges  but  the  system  is  one.  The  spirit,  the 
teachings,  the  practices  of  the  system  reveal  the  purpose  to  destroy 
e\ery  institution,  to  make  void  every  command  of  God,  to  frustrate 
the  Gospel  of  Christ,  and  to  rule  the  world.  The  plan  of  conquest  is 
to  secretly,  aggressively,  and  persistently  work  to  bring  all  men,  all 
institutions,  and  all  nations  under  its  domain.  Accordingly  there  is 
scarcely  a  department  of  organized  society  which  is  not  infested  by 
representatives  of  the  orders.  Regardless  of  what  professions,  or 
promises  they  make,  or  oaths  they  take.  The  lodge  oath  is  above  all 
and  demands  of  them  obedience  to  the  lodge's  every  mandate  and 
a  constant  secret  service  "for  the  good  of  the  order."  All  outside  the 
order  are  viewed  as  "profane"  having  no  rights  which  the  lodge  is 
bound  to  respect. 

It  is  our  desire  to  point  out  some  of  the  current  events  which  mark 
the  purpose  and  aggressiveness  of  this  institution.. 

It  has  invaded  the  home,  husbands  and  wives  are  urged  to  join  the 
lodge.  Secret  living  destroys  mutual  confidence,  weakens  the  tie 
which  binds  those  whom  God  hath  joined  together,  and  divorce  fol- 
lows. The  daily  papers  present  a  daily  record  of  divorces  granted, 
and  the  homes  thus  destroyed. 

It  has  invaded  the  Church.  Lodge  members  are  admitted  to  many 
churches.  As  professed  Christians  they  take  their  vows,  and  many 
of  them  at  once  begin  their  secret  service  of  favoritism  toward  lodge 
members  by  managing  elections  and  appointments  and  thwarting  dis- 
cipline. While  at  the  same  time  they  stultify  the  testimony  of  the 
church  by  their  connection  with  lodge  dances,  theatricals,  card  parties, 
carousals.  Bacchanalian  feasts,  and  traveling  on  the  Sabbath.  Not 
satisfied  with  this,  they  carry  their  system  into  the  body  of  the 
church,  by  organizing  fraternities  like  the  "Knights  of  King  Arthur" 
among  the  boys  of  the  Sabbath  School,  and  the  "Epsilons"  in  the  Ladies' 
Missionary    Societies.  , 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  lodges  are  in  many  places  responsible 
for  a  shortage  of  men  in  the  churches,  a  low  state  of  spirituality,  a 
depleted  treasury  and  an  almost  deserted  prayer-meeting,  many  min- 
isters either  through  ignorance,  cowardice  or  lack  of  grace,  prostitute 
their  ministry  not  only  by  joining,  honoring  and  championing  the  lodge, 
but  by  urging  their  members  to  do  the  same.  Balaam  has  always 
had  a  succession. 

The    Religious   Education    Association    is    but    a   sign    of   the    times. 


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It  is  manifestly  a  lodge  propaganda,  an  effort  to  hoodwink  the 
church,  and  supplant  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ,  with  a  world  re- 
ligion taught  by  Masonry  and  other  orders. 

It  has  invaded  our  public  school  system.  Greek  letter  frater- 
nities have  existed  for  several  years  in  our  state  universities  but  have 
now  too  been  carried  into  our  High  schools  and  graded  schools.  Dis- 
closures of  the  immoralities,  and  crimes  practiced  in  these  fraterni- 
ties have  shocked  the  moral  sense  of  all  thinking  people.  Decisions 
of  the  school  boards  and  courts  have  prohibited  them  in  most  of  the 
city  schools,  and  de.=critaed  them  as  productive  of  weakened  scholar- 
ship, insubordination,  snobbishness,  factions,  vicious  habits,  and  dis- 
respect for  teachers  and  fellow  students.  They  defeat  the  purpose 
of  the  public  school  system  and  are  inimical  to  the  democratic  spirit 
of  our  republic.  Every  argument  framed  against  them  applies  with 
equal  force  to  all  colleg'e  fraternities  and  in  the  main  to  all  lodges. 

It  has  invaded  the  political  life  of  our  nation.  When  men  join 
secret  orders  they  thereby  serve  notice  upon  all  men  that  henceforth 
they  will  work  in  the  interests  of  lodge  members.  No  where  is  this 
truth  better  illustrated  than  in  the  sphere  of  politics.  Lodge  influence 
has  much  to  do  with  the  bills  that  are  defeated  or  enacted  in  our  leg-- 
islatures,  while  it  is  a  notorious  fact  that  the  shield  of  lodge  "protec- 
tion" is  thrown  over  many  guilty  of  crime.  The  lodges  have  had  the 
audacity  to  declare  that  no  candidate  for  office  can  hope  for  success 
without  joining  the  orders.  Even  Mr.  Taft  when  president-elect  felt 
that  he  had  to  accept  the  special  privilege  offered  to  him  of  being 
made  a  Mason  "at  sight,"  after  living  without  the  lodge  for  fifty  years; 
while  Hon.  W.  J.  Bryan  in  his  fight  for  the  presidency  joined  a  num 
ber  of  lodges  including  the  Eagles. 

But  lodge  arrogance  has  reached  its  climax  in  America  in  the 
recent  enactment  of  the  Tennessee  legislature  which  prohibits  the  ex- 
posure of  the  lodge  by  books  and  tracts,  and  the  attempt  to  intro- 
duce a  similar  bill  into  Congress.  This  is  a  direct'  blow  at  the  rights 
of  free  speech  and  a  free  press  and  substantiates  the  charge  that  the 
secret  empire  is  despotic  in  character,  a  well  defined  conspiracy  against 
the  republic,  and  fears  nothing  so  much  as  the  light.  It  shows  that 
the  exposure  of  the  lodge  is  being,  felt,  and  that  the  battle  has  reached 
a  new   stage. 

It  has  invaded  the  business  world.  We  are  coming  into  the  time 
foretold  in  prophecy,  when  men  could  neither  buy  nor  sell  without  the 
mark  of  the  beast  or  his  image.  The  grip  and  the  password  have 
much  to  do  with  a  man's  business  success  in  many  places.  Coercion 
by  violence  is  the  latest  approved  method  of  compelling  subserviance  '^o 
the  mandates  of  the  lodge.  Through  the  year  the  nation  has  been 
astounded  and  whole  communities  terrorized  by  the  depredations  and 
cold  blooded  murders  which  have  been  committed  in  the  name  of  the 
"Black  Hand,"  the  "Night  Riders"  and  the  "Labor  Unions."  The 
oaths  and  laws  of  these  orders  have  been  revealed  and  it  is  noteworthy 
that  these  schools  of  anarchy,  lawlessness  and  murder  bear  a  striking 
resemblance  to  all  other  lodges,  in  that  they  are  founded  upon  absolute 
secrecy,  cruel,  blasphemous  oaths  and  sworn  protection  for  the  mem- 
bership. 

We   would   offer   the   following   resolutions: 

1.  That  we  recommend  and  endorse  the  determined  effort  on  the 
part  of  educators,  school  boards,  and  the  courts  to  abolish  all  school 
fraternities. 

2.  That   we   urge   pastors,   sessions,   parents,   teachers   and   all   who 


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have  the  oversight  of  the  youth  to  exercise  vigilance  in  guarding  them 
against  machinations  of  the  lodge  now  at  work  in  the  schools  and 
churches. 

3.  That  we  protest  most  vigorously  against  any  legislation  which 
has  for  its  purpose  an  attempt  to  screen  the  lodges  or  prohibit  their 
exposure  to  the  world. 

4.  That  in  view  of  the  revelations  of  crime,  intrigue  and  treason 
against  the  liberties  of  our  republic  which  have  been  fostered  and  ex- 
ecuted by  the  lodge,  in  our  judgment,  the  time  has  come  when  the 
people  of  this  free  country  should  demand  of  Congress  the  recall  of  all 
lodge  charters,  and  an  act  abolishing  their  legal  right  of  existence 
in  the  future. 

5.  That  we  hereby  record  our  thanksgiving  to  God  for  the  pub- 
lic sentiment  which  has  been  aroused,  and  as  a  church  continue  to 
hold  the  searchlight  of  God's  Word  focused  upon  this  system  of  dark- 
ness, and  cease  not  to  warn  our  fellowmen,  and  our  nation  of  their 
danger. 

6.  That  we  heartily  endorse  the  work  of  the  National  Christian 
Association  and  recommend  it  to  the  liberality  of  the  congregations 
under  our  care. 

J.  S.  McGAW, 
J.  M.   JOHNSON, 
G.    M.    ROBB. 

The  Committee  on  Sustentation  and  Church  Erection  re- 
ported.      The  report  was  recommitted  for  amendment. 

The  Standing"  Committee  on  Temperance  reported  on  special 
matters  referred  to  them.  The  report  was  received,  adopted, 
and  is  as  follows : 

REPLY  TO  THE  INTER  CHURCH  TEMPERANCE  UNION. 

As  a  church  we  believe  that  the  foundation  of  all  legalized  sins  in 
our  country  is  the  fatal  defect  in  our  national  constitution  which 
ignores  God,  the  creator  of  nations,  Jesus  Christ,  the  King  of  nations, 
and  the  law  of  God,  the  only  true  rule  of  nations,  and  that  no  Chris- 
tian can  be  loyal  to  Christ,  and  swear  to  support  such  a  constitution, 
or  by  ballot  ask  his  official  agent  to  do  so.  We  are  ready  to  unite 
with  you  in  your  campaign  of  education,  and  to  send  a  delegate  to 
your  convention,  but  we  cannot  enter  into  your  federation  for  the  reason 
that  we  do  not  see  our  way  clear  to  subscribe  to  that  part  of  your  consti- 
tution which  involves  political  action  by  the  use  of  the  ballot,  as  this 
would  be  inconsitent  with  the  position  we  assume  in  the  great  re- 
form  we   seek. 

REPLY  TO  ANTI-SALOON  LEAGUE. 

The  communication  from  the  Anti-saloon  league  was  referred  to 
us,  and  we   recommend  the  following  answer  be  returned: 

The  position  of  this  Church  is,  that  a  National  Constitution  should 
acknowledge  Christ,  as  its  King,  and  his  Word  as  its  rule  in  the  set- 
tlement of  all  moral  questions.  While  our  government  continues  to 
forget    dod,    we    do    not    feel    free    to    enter   the    arena    of    politics,    and 


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so  we  believe   our  work  will   be   more   effective,   if   pursued   along   lines 
controlled   by   our  Church. 

W.  W.  CARITHERS,  Chairman. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations  reported.  The  report  was 
received,  and  adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 

We  nominate  the  following  to  compose  the  Committee  to  select 
additional  meters  of  Psalm&  to  be  added  to  our  Psalter:  W.  J.  Cole- 
man, J.  W.  Sproull,  T.  H.  Acheson,  F.  M.  Wilson,  J.  S.  Thompson,  A. 
A.  Wylie,  J.  S.  Martin,  W.  J.  McKnlght,  J.  S.  Tibby,  T.  S.  Trumbu'l, 
R    A.  M.  Steel. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  R.  WYLIE, 
A.    A.    SAMSON, 
S.    C.    CONNER, 
E.    F.    THOMSON, 
THOMAS    BOGGS. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted. 

Resolved,  that  we  reaffirm  the  action  of  1907  in  which  it  was 
earnestly  urged  by  Synod  that  our  congregations  should  not  make 
use  of  any  versions  of  the  Psalms  in  worship  except  such  as  have  been 
authorized  by  the  Church. 

The  Committee  on  Place  of  Meeting  reported  that  no  con- 
gregation of  our  church  had  invited  the  Synod  for  next  year, 
and  that  therefore  it  is  recommended  that  the  invitation  to  meet 
at  Winona  Lake  be  accepted.  The  report  was  adopted,  and 
Winona  Lake  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  meeting  of  the 
Synod  of  1910. 

The  Committee  on  Order  of  Business  was  made  the  Commit- 
tee on  Arrangements. 

The  Committee  on  Sustentation  and  Church  Erection  report- 
ed the  amendment  to  their  report  ordered  by  Synod.  The  report 
v/as  adopted  as  a  whole,  and  is  as  follows : 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE   ON  SUSTENTATION  AND   CHURCH 

ERECTION. 

The  Committee  on  Sustentation  and  Church  Erection  respectfully 
reports: 

The  reports  of  these  Boards  have  been  referred  to  us. 

In  the  report  on  Church  Erection  several  items  deserve  notice. 
This  Board  granted  one  thousand  dollars  to  Santa  Ana  Congregation  in 
addition  to  a  like  amount  given  by  the  Synod.  A  later  request  for 
live  hundred  dollars,  to  complete  the  furnishing  of  the  Church,  was 
also  approved,  with  the  understanding  that  this  money  should  be  re- 
paid by  the  congregation. 


120  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

The  congregation  at  Old  Bethel  has  built  a  comfortable  church 
and  was  given  one  thousand  dollars  by  your  Board  to  free  it  from 
debt. 

We  recommend  the  following: 

1.  That  the  grants  to  these  congregations  be  approved,  and  that 
Santa  Ana  repay  the  five  hundred  dollars,  according  to  arrangement 
with  the  Board. 

2.  That  J.  C.  Slater  be  re-elected  to  the. Board  of  Church  Erection. 

3.  That  the  following  appropriations,  already  ordered  by  Synod  to 
make  up  the  salaries  of  pastors,  be  paid  out  of  the  funds  of  the  Sus- 
ttntation  Board:  Denver  $325;  Church  Hill  $300;  Coldenham  $250; 
Lochiel    $300;    Kansas    City   $550;    Hetherton    $350;    Slippery   Rock   $300. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.    M.    COLEMAN. 
J.    BOGGS    DODDS, 
J.   G.    McELHINNEY, 
R.    J.    WARD, 
J.    C.    THOMPSON. 

REPORT   OF  BOARD  OF   SUSTENTATION. 

The  Board  of  Sustentation  would  respectfully  report  that  $2,569.43 
has  been  received  from  bequests,  endowments  and  from  congrega- 
tions during  the  last  year,  and  was  used  to  make  up  the  salaries  of 
ministers  according  to   the  appropriations  made  by   the   Synod. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.     W.     SPROULL,     Chairman, 
W.   J.    COLEMAN,    Secretary. 

CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Board  of  Church  Erection  would  respectfully  report  that  the  usual 
meetings,  during  the  year,  have  been  held,  and  business  coming  before 
the  Board  has  received  careful  consideration. 

Santa  Ana. 

In  report  to  Synod  last  year,  reference  was  made  to  $1,000  appro- 
priated to,  and  paid  to  Santa  Ana  congregation.  Just  after  Synod, 
your  Board  made  another  appropriation  of  $1,000  to  Santa  Ana.  This 
your  Board  deemed  wise  because  of  the  necessities  of  the  case. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  September  24,  1908,  another  request 
from  Santa  Ana,  for  an  additional  $500,  was  considered.  This  money 
v/as  greatly  desired  by  the  congregation  to  aid  them  in  seating  and 
heating  their  church.  In  themselves,  they  felt  financially  unable, 
though  heartily  willing,   to  carry  the  work  further. 

After  deliberation,  and  viewing  all  the  conditions  of  the  case, 
your  Board  made  an  appropriation  of  $500  for  furnishing  and  heating; 
but  this  appropriation  was  made  on  the  understanding  that  the  con- 
gregation, when,  at  some  future  time,  it  has  become  prosperous,  shall 
return  this  $500  to  Church  Erection  Treasury. 

Santa  Ana  congregation,  under  the  care  of  Rev.  Geo.  N.  Greer, 
a  faithful  and  energetic  pastor,  is  now  enjoying  their  new  house  for  the 
worship  of  God,  and  the  church  rejoices  with  both  pastor  and  people, 
wishing  for  them  prosperous  years  in  the  service  of  their  Saviour  aiia 
God. 


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For  description   of  Church,   see  Report   of  last  year. 

Old    Bethel. 

This  congregation,  old  and  tried  in  the  service  of  the  Redeemer, 
the  spiritual  Mother  of  a  number  of  Ministers,  and  of  many  Elders  and 
members  in  other  and  distant  congregations,  had  worshiped  in  a  build- 
ing that  showed  the  marks  of  age,  which  had,  indeed,  become  almost 
incapable  of  standing  the  strain  of  storms  of  more  than  ordinary  sever- 
ity. The  congregation,  after  sufficient  deliberation,  determined  to  erect 
a  new  church  on  the  old  site.  The  old  building  was-  razed  and  ma- 
terial from  it,  to  the  value  of  about  $200,  was  used.  Labor  by  the 
members  of  the  congregation,  estimated  to  be  worth  from  $600  to  $1,000, 
was  contributed.  From  outside,  contributions,  amounting  to  $372,  were 
received.  The  church  cost  $4,404.  Of  this  sum,  the  congregation 
raised,  among  themselves,  probably  a  little  over  $3,000  in  cash  sub- 
scriptions. 

Making  such  heroic  effort,  your  Board  was  glad  to  come  to  the  aid 
of  this  honored  congregation,  and  made  an  appropriation  of  $1,000,  tho 
application  for  which  having  been  duly  recommended  by  the  con- 
gregation. 

Thus  this  church,  a  monument  to  the  grace  of  God,  was  com- 
pleted, with  furnace  and  gasoline  plant  for  lighting,  and  seated  in 
modern  style,  without  a  cent  of  debt.  The  auditorium  will  seat  200.  The 
adjoining  Sabbath  school  room  will  seat  100  more.  A  vestibule  and 
Ladies'  parlor  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  church;  and  the  grounds 
have  been  graded. 

Coincident  with  getting  new  church,  the  Old  Bethel  congregation 
is  getting  a  new  pastor,  the  Rev.  D.  C.  Matthews,  who  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated on  entering  a  field  with  such  delightful   surroundings. 

It  will  be  observed  that  your  Board  has  not,  the  past  year,  received 
many  applications  for  aid.  But  suth  as  came  before  your  Board  re- 
ceived liberal  consideration,  and  the  money  of  the  church  was  forward- 
ed with  the  prayer  that  the  Divine  blessing  would  follow  it. 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Board,  Mr.  Walter  T.  Miller,  shows  in  his 
report. 

Receipts    from    all     sources     $2,022    14 

Balance   from   last   Synod    6,207  35 

Total    Receipts    $8,229  49 

Disbursements. 

To  congregations  named  in  this  report   3,505  50 

On   hand  at  this   date    $4,723    99 

The  time  for  which  J.  C.  Slater  was  elected  to  the  Board  has  ex- 
pired and  his  place   should  be  filled. 

Your  Board  asks  that  an  appropriation  of  $4,000  be  made  for 
the  work  of  the  Board. 

The  secretary  was  appointed  to  represent  this  Board  on  the  floor 
of  Synod. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

F.  M.  FOSTER,  Secretary. 

W.  W.  Carithers  was  appointed  to  address  a  letter  of  sym- 
patliy  to  S.  R.  Wallace,  on  account  of  the  death  of  his  son  :  R.  C. 


128  MIXUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

Wylie  to  address  letters  of  sympathy  to  W.  McLeod  George ;  T.  P. 
Stevenson  to  R.  J.  George,  and  G.  M.  Robb  to  D.  B.  Wilson,  on 
aconnt  of  sickness  which  prevented  their  attendance  upon  the 
Synod. 

T.  H.  Acheson  was  appointed  delegate  to  represent  this 
church  in  the  Inter-Church  Temperance  Conference. 

It  was  resolved  to  hold  a  Conference  on  Testimony  Bearing  on 
Thursday  evening  of  the  next  meeting  of  Synod,  the  Committee 
on  Testimony  Bearing  to  arrange  the  program. 

The  thanks  of  the  Synod  were  extended  to  the  pastor  of  the 
Chicago  congregation  for  his  attention  to  the  comfort  of  the 
members,  to  the  members  of  the  congregation  and  the  friends  who 
have  so  kindly  entertained  us,  to  the  stenographer  for  her  ser- 
vices, to  the  precentors  who  have  led  the  praise  service  of  the 
Synod,  and  to  the  railroads  that  have  granted  valuable  conces- 
sions to  the  members  of  Synod,  special  mention  being  made  of  the 
Erie  road  to  whose  action  it  was  largely  due  that  any  conces- 
sions were  obtained. 

The  time  for  the  next  meeting  of  Synod  was  fixed  for  the 
first  Wednesday  evening  of  June  at  eight  o'clock,  the  Mission 
Conference  to  meet  on  the  Tuesday  evening  precedinp;  at  7 :30 
o'clock. 

The    Moderator    announced    the    following    Standing    Com 
mittees. 

Secret    Societies — G.    M.    Robb,    J.    Boggs    Dodds,    George    N.    Greer, 
R.  A.  Adams  and  J.  W.  Cavan. 

Psalmody — C.  A.  Edgar,  J.   M.  Wylie,  W.  T.  K.  Thompson,  John  M. 
Allen  and  J.  R.  Cady. 

Signs  of  the  Times — R.  C.  Wylie,  John  Yates,  J.  M.  Foster,  Thomas 
J.  Edgar,  W.  B.   Keys. 

State  of  Religion— J.  W.  F.   Carlisle,   D.  O.  Jack,  D.  C.   Mathews,  J. 
A.  Forsythe,  R.  J.  Ward. 

Young  People's  Societies — R.   H.  Martin,  W.  Henry  George,   S.  Mc- 
Naugher,  John  Copeland,  J.  W.  Wilson. 

Sabbath — J.  C.  McFeeters,  John  Coleman,  R.  W.  Piper,  J.  E.  Dodd-S 
S.  M.  Steel. 

Sabbath   Schools— S.    E.    Greer,   W.   J.    McKnight,   W.    J.    Sanderson, 
Charles  Dougall,  A.  G.  Walkinshaw. 

Systematic  Beneficence — B.  M.  Sharp,  E.  L.  McKnight,  D.  H.  Elliot*, 
J.    W.    M.    Hart,   Robert   McAfee. 

Devotional    Exercises — R.    Clark,    J.    C.    Slater,    A.    A.    Wylie,    M.    G. 
Euwer,  A.  P.  Donahu. 

Order  of  Business^ — J.  S.  Martin,  S.  G.  Conner,  F.  M.  Wilson. 

Unfinished   Business — The  Clerks. 

The  minutes  of  the  evening  session  were  read,  corrected  and 
approved. 

Synod  adjourned  with  prayer  by  D.  S.  Faris,  the  singing  of 


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the   133  Psalm,  and  the  Benediction  by  the  Moderator,  to  mei-t 
at  Winona  Lake  on  June  i,  1910,  at  8  p.  m. 

T.    H.    ACHESOX,    Moderator. 
T.  S.  THOMPSON,  Clerk. 


APPENDIX. 


REPORT    OF    REFORMED    PRESBYTERIAN     WOMAN'S 
ASSOCIATION. 

To  the  Moderator  and   Members  of  Synod: 

The  Reformed  Presbj-terian  Women's  Association  would  respect- 
fully report  that  the  work  of  the  twelfth  year  in  the  history  of  the  Aged 
People's  Home,  called  for  twenty-seven  meetings — five  of  the  Associa- 
tion, five  of  the  Board  of  Directors  and  seventeen  of  the  Board  of 
Managers. 

The  members  have  all  shown  a  deep  interest  in  the  meetings  and 
in  the  work  connected  with  the  Home. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  wrote  one  hundred  forty-nine  postals, 
sixty-four  pulpit  notices,  forty-five  letters,  notified  the  Congregational 
Managers  of  their  appointment,  distributed  five  hundred  thirty  printed 
reports  and  sent  an  invitation  for  Donation  and  Reception  Day  to  all 
the  Congregational  Managers,  the  neighboring  Ministers  and  Staff  of 
Physicians. 

The  committees  have  been  busy  looking  after,  the  grounds,  the 
Home  and  the  family  in  the  Home. 

The  grounds  around  the  Home  have  been  graded  and  sodded,  trees 
pruned  and  garden  made.  A  sign  has  been  placed  over  the  front 
porch  containing  the  name  of  the  Home. 

The  family  now  numbers  twenty-three;  eight  new  members  hav- 
ing been  admitted  during  the  year,  Mrs.  Susan  Patterson,  of  New  Alex- 
andria, Pa.,  March  17,  190S;  Miss  Margaret  Eccles,  Miss  Annie  Eccles 
and  Miss  Mattie  H.  Eccles,  of  Connellsville,  Pa.,  June  5th,  1908;  Miss 
Sarah  Woodside,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  June  8th,  1908;  Miss  Nancy  Du 
Shane,  of  New  Alexandria,  Pa.,  July  30,  1908;  Mr.  James  Temple,  of 
Denver,-  Colo.,  November  11th,  1908,  and  Mrs.  Theresa  Lawson,  of 
Princeton,  Ind.,  December  11th,  1908. 

One  was  removed  by  death,  Miss  Louise  Woolston,  Dec.  10,  1908. 

Sabbath  services  have  been  held  in  the  Home  as  often  as  possible, 
twenty-five  sermons  were  preached  by  the  students,  resident  pastors, 
and  visiting  ministers.  Prayer  meetings  have  been  held  each  week 
led  by  the  students  in  turn  and  a  special  Thanksgiving  service  on  the 
evening  of  Thanksgiving  Day  conducted  by  Rev.  R.  J.  George,  these 
meetings  have  been  much  enjoyed  by  the  members  of  the  Home  and 
neighbors   who   met   with   them. 

Our  Matron,  Miss  Jamison,  has  endeared  herself  to  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Home  and  to  all  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  Home,  her 
cares  are  heavy  and  her  duties  have  been  many,  but  they  have  all  been 
performed   in  patience. 


1:^0  MINUTES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  THE 

Miss  Martha  Love,  who  was  with  us  for  so  many  years  as  helper, 
resigned  in  -November. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  family  have  been  sick  during  the  winter, 
and  some  have  been  very  seriously  ill,  necessitating  frequent  visits  by 
the   Physicians. 

The  following  Physicians  have  been  added  to  the  Staff  during  the 
year:  Dr.  P.  N.  Myers,  Dentist,  and  Drs.  Harold  J.  and  Maie  S.  Dor- 
rance,  Osteopaths. 

We  desire  to  extend  our  thanks  to  the  ministers,  students,  phy- 
sicians, editors  of  the  Church  Papers  and  friends  who  have  given  their 
time  and  means  to  this  part  of  the  Lord's  work. 

Three  memorial  rooms  have  been  furnished  since  our  last  report, 
one  by  Miss  Martha  McConnell,  one  by  Mr.  John  M.  Elder  and  one  by 
Mrs.  J.  T.   Morton.       This  leaves  but  one   room  unfurnished. 

We  are  glad  to  report  the  following  additional  members  to  the  As- 
sociation: Life  Director,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Hice;  Honorary  Members,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Wylie,  S.  John  Wylie,  J.  Ren  Wylie,  Brice  E.  Wylie,  William 
P.  Wylie  and  Mrs.  T.  C.  Sproull;  Life  Members,  Miss  Etta  Jamison 
and  Lucretia  Elizabeth  Bond. 

We  are  grateful  to  the  church  at  large  for  the  interest  shown 
in  the  Aged  Peoples'  Home  by  their  donations  of  fruit  and  money  re- 
ceived on  Donation  and  Reception  Day  and  from  time  to  time,  and  by 
the  congregational  collections  which  amounted  to  Five  Hundred  fifty- 
two   and   29-100   Dollars. 

We  again  ask  for  an  appropriation  of  One  Thousand  (.$1,000)  Dol- 
lars. 

The  work  of  the  year  has  been  very  pleasant  and  the  Lord  has 
blessed  us  abundantly,  and  we  begin  another  year  trusting  in  the 
Giver  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift  to  supply  all  our  needs. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
MRS.  W.  J.  WARD,   Secretary. 

p.  s. — Since  the  closing  of  the  Treasurer's  Book.  March  1st,  we 
have  received  Four  Thousand,  Five  Hundred  ($4,500)  Dollars  from  the 
Porterfield  Estate  and  have  paid  Three  Thousand,  Two  Hundred  Fifty 
($3,250)   Dollars  on  our  indebtedness  to  Synod's     Board. 


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V/estminster  Hotel,  Winona  I.>aKe,  Indiana 

SESSION  LXXXI 


inona   LaKe,   Indiana, 
May  25r-June  1, 1910 

price:  thirty  five  ge:nts 


ss  Mr.  J.  S.  Tibby,  411  Penn  Bui]/^-^v 
Pittsburs',  Pa. 


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